If you’re interested in identifying this wild mustard, note the distinctive basal leaves — in other words, that the leaves grow out of the base of the plant rather than from a tall vertical stem — and the little pairs of opposite leaflets on each one.
Posts Tagged ‘little western bittercress’
Bittercress: Sidewalk Snapshot
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged cardamine oligosperma, Eat Weeds, little western bittercress on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Spicy Like Springtime
Posted in Eat Weeds, Urban Foraging, Wilderness Survival, tagged cardamine oligosperma, catkins, hazelnut, little western bittercress, mustard, spring on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Little Western Bittercress, a.k.a. Cardamine oligosperma, is safe in Wild Girl’s ghostly pale hands (Photo by Henry Stanley) The blank white-gray skies of Portland’s wintertime are notoriously depressing, so signs of springtime are greeted eagerly in this neck of the woods. I went for a walk with Emily and Henry along the Springwater Corridor, a [...]
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