Crinkleroot (Dentaria diphylla)

Family: Brassicaceae or Cruciferae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Dentaria diphylla Michx. is a synonym of Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Alph.Wood.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant pungent taste, rather like water cress or horseradish. — Root - raw or cooked.; It has a crisp texture and a pleasant pungent taste, rather like water cress or horseradish.; It can be added to salads or used as a relish.; The root has a pungent acrid taste when first harvested, the Indians cleaned the roots, heaped them on a blanket, covered them to exclude air and then left them to ferment for 4 - 5 days.

Habitat & North American Range

Rich damp woods and meadows. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)