Behaartes Schaumkraut

Prefers a moist humus rich soil in shade or semi-shade but it succeeds in most soils and positions. A common garden weed, it can be in flower all year round if the weather is mild. It will usually self-sow very freely in cultivated soil and is found especially in pot-grown plants[K].

Edible Parts: Flowers Leaves Edible Uses: Leaves and flowers - raw or cooked. A hot cress-like flavour, they are mainly used as a garnish or flavouring in salads etc but are also sometimes used as a potherb. The plant germinates most freely in the autumn and so leaves are usually available all winter.

The tiny flowers are attractive to a few early butterflies, including (in the United States) spring azure (Celastrina ladon) and falcate orange-tip (Anthocharis midea).

Heimisch: Albania, Algeria, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canary Is., Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Gabon, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kriti, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Malaya, Manchuria, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands Eingeführt: Alabama, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Bangladesh, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Christmas I., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Hawaii, Illinois, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri