Cardamine scutata

Family	Brassicaceae
Scientific name	Cardamine scutata Thunberg
Synonyms	Cardamine angulata Hooker var. kamtschatica Regel; Cardamine autumnalis Koidzumi; Cardamine baishanensis P. Y. Fu; Cardamine dentipetala Matsumura; Cardamine drakeana H. Boissieu; Cardamine flexuosa Withering subsp. regeliana (Miquel) O. E. Schulz; Cardamine flexuosa Withering var. kamtschatica (Regel) Matsumura; Cardamine flexuosa Withering var. latifolia Makino; Cardamine flexuosa Withering var. regeliana (Miquel) Komarov; Cardamine flexuosa Withering var. manshurica Komarov; Cardamine hirsuta L. var. latifolia Maximowicz; Cardamine hirsuta L. var. regeliana (Miquel) Maximowicz; Cardamine hirsuta L. var. rotundiloba Hayata; Cardamine regeliana Miquel; Cardamine regeliana Miquel var. manshurica (Komarov) Kitagawa; Cardamine scutata Thunberg var. longiloba P. Y. Fu; Cardamine scutata Thunberg var. regeliana (Miquel) H. Hara; Cardamine scutata Thunberg var. rotundiloba (Hayata) T. S. Liu & S. S. Ying; Cardamine sylvatica Link var. regeliana (Miquel) Franchet & Savatier; Cardamine taquetii H. Léveillé; Cardamine zhejiangensis T. Y. Cheo & R. C. Fang; Cardamine zhejiangensis T. Y. Cheo & R. C. Fang var. huangshanensis D. C. Zhang
Common name	(Japanese common name) ohba-tane-tsuke-bana (オオバタネツケバナ, 大葉種付花 [meaning: large leaved rice seeding season flowers])
	(English common name) Japanese bittercress
Distribution	(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
	(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan
Habitat	Mountane streamside
Chromosomal number	2n=32
Description	Plants electing 20-40cm tall. Leaves 1-4 pairs leaflets, top leaflet 1-4cm long. Flowers white petals each ca. 4mm long, flowering in March to June. Perennial plants.
Reference	Cardamine scutata Thunberg
	Food, medicine and method relating to Bifidobacterium proliferation promoting action, allergy preventive action and human cholesterol lowering action (US Patent 20030165557)

March 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	March 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	March 2009 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba	May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba	May 2007 at Mt. Tsukuba