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Introduction of Cardamine leucantha

Cardamine leucantha (scientific name: Cardamine leucantha) is a plant of the genus Cardamine in the family Cruciferae. It is distributed in Japan, Siberia, North Korea, and Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Gansu, Hebei and other places in mainland China, and grows at an altitude of 200 meters to 2,000 meters in the area, mostly growing in the wet grassland on mountain slopes, roadside, under the forest of miscellaneous trees, and the shady and wet places along the ditches in the valleys, and has not yet been introduced into cultivation by artificial species. The rhizomes are used medicinally to treat bronchitis, and the whole herb and rhizomes can clear away heat and detoxify toxins, dissolve phlegm and relieve coughs. In addition, its young leaves can be eaten as wild vegetables.