An erect, pubescent, annual herb, up to 80 cm in height. Radical leaves in a rosette, petioled, entire to pinnatipartite, with attenuate, unequal to sinuate-dentate segments; cauline leaves sessile, small, amplexicaul, with hastate base; flowers white in racemes; siliculae glabrous, 5 mm x 7 mm, flat; seeds numerous, ellipsoid-oblong punctate.

Lessens permeability of walls of blood vessels (leaf and flower); lowers blood pressure, bitter, pungent, astringent, febrifugal, emmenagogue, hemostatic, diuretic and antiscorbutic (plant).

Australian Naturopathic Network

Quercetin, choline, luteolin, 3-rutinoside, beta-sitosterol and sinigrin (plant); hesperidin and rutin (flower); camphor (essential plant oil); biogenic amines, diosmin and various saponins.

For diarrhea, controlling bleeding (especially related to female urogenital tract problems), dropsy, eczema and stones in the urinary tract (plant); in ear ache (plant juice)

Not to be used during pregnancy and individuals with a history of kidney stones should use cautiously.

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.