Wild Flowers Of Strathclyde Park
  
 

Large Bittercress
Cardamine amara
of the Cabbage family
a perennial
30-60 cm high
blooms April - June
likes damp places
can be seen at the North head of the loch behind the boat race starting tower

   
Large Bittercress appears to require ground with moving water. Hence it is found in banks of streams and rivers. It will grow in shaded areas and in soils rich in iron.