Cardamine flexuosa, commonly known as wavy bittercress or wood bitter-cress, is an herbaceous annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial plant in the cabbage family (Brassicaceae).
This is a small flowering plant growing to a height of no more than , usually annual or short-lived perennial, with few short, erect stems. The leaves pinnate, mostly at the base, each with about 5 pairs of rounded leaflets. Flowers very small, white, 3âÂÂ4 mm across with 6 stamens. Fruits of C. flexuosa generally do not overtop the flowers, a feature distinguishing it from Cardamine hirsuta.
It is native to the British Isles, Europe, North Africa, Turkey and Iran and widely introduced elsewhere.
In Ireland common in woods shady and damp places.
In the Northeast Indian state of Manipur, where it is known as chaantruk, C. flexuosa is eaten as an aromatic herb, often used to garnish eromba.