#cardaminehirsuta

[seedkeeping]

Hairy Bittercress illustrating explosive dehiscence, which is a ballistic type of mechanical seed dispersal that spreads the seeds far from the parent plant (unlike the apple, which doesn’t fall far from the tree). Thank you Althea for being the leg and boot model! #hairybittercress #Cardaminehirsuta #ballistic #explosivedehiscence #mechanicalseeddispersal #slowmo @dustsunn https://www.instagram.com/seedkeeping/p/Bw-mB1El4-A/?igshid=xe9ccdxtxpov

[seedkeeping]

Hairy Bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) is out and flowering. Apparently, it adds a peppery flavor (like Arugula) to salad, and can make a good pesto, which I'll try before wiping it out from the fields. When it goes to seed and you walk through it, the seeds explode and fly everywhere. #seeddispersal #ballisticseeddispersal #ballochory #hairybittercress #cardaminehirsuta #eatyourweeds (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)