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Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) |
Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.
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Cardamine diphylla The pair of stem leaves of Toothwort are broad and heavily dentate.
Cardamine maxima Large Toothwort has three stem leaves coming off the stem at different levels.
Cardamine concatenata The stem leaves of Cut-leaved Toothwort are heavily dentate and the stem leaves resemble the basal leaves. Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata) Identification: Flower white with a pink tint, relatively large. A single pair of nearly opposite stem leaves, each leaf divided into three slender lobes. Basal leaves with wide and heavily dentate lobes, very dissimilar to the stem leaves. Plant 8 to 16 inches in height. Distribution: Illinois in the west to Pennsylvania in the east, southward to Georgia and Mississippi. Habitat: This species is primarily found in rich, wet woods. Flowering period: April to June. Note: This species has been commonly referred to as Dentaria heterophylla. |
Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata)
Similar Species: Slender Toothwort is similar to a number of other "Dentaria" species of the genus Cardamine. Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla) Large Toothwort (Cardamine maxima) Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
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