Drooping bittercress

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Cardamine enneaphyllos

Drooping bittercress, a reference photo
Photo: Enrico Blasutto · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Cardamine enneaphyllos (syn. Dentaria enneaphyllos), the nine-leaved toothwort, nine-leaved coralwort, or drooping bittercress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to east-central Europe (except Switzerland and the low countries), and on into Italy and the Balkans. A spreading rhizomatous geophyte, it prefers shady situations.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Drooping bittercress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Brassicales
Family
Brassicaceae
Species
Cardamine enneaphyllos

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