Common name: Common Bittercress, Hairy Woodcress
Cardamine hirsuta L. APNI* 
Description: Slender annual to 30 cm high, branched, sparsely hirsute.
Basal leaves pinnate, petiolate; pinnae 3–7 pairs, obovate to circular, the terminal pinna reniform; stem leaves few and reducing; all leaves with pinnae lobed or angled and sparsely ciliate.
Sepals c. 1.5 mm long, green to violet with narrow white margins. Petals c. 3 mm long, white. Stamens usually 4. Siliqua 15–25 mm long.
Siliqua 15–25 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread weed in moist garden situations. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 Suppl. (1999)
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