Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers - Brassicaceae - Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Cut-leaved Toothwort

(Cardamine concatenata)

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Second Edition.

Cardamine diphylla

Toothwort has a single pair of stem leaves with broad leaflets, not a group of three leaves with slender lobes.

Cardamine maxima

Large Toothwort has three stem leaves coming off the stem at different levels.

Cardamine angustata

The stem leaves of Slender Toothwort are small, linear, untoothed, and much different in shape and size than the basal leaves.

Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Identification: Flowers white, relatively large, turning pink with age. Stem with 3 leaves, each with 3 lobes, arising from approximately the same spot on the stem. Lobes of each leaflet commonly divided into more lobes. Leaflets narrow and dentate. Stem leaves similar to basal leaves. Plant 8 to 16 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout eastern and central North America.

Habitat: This species is found in rich, moist woods and along river banks.

Flowering period: April to June.

Note: This species has been referred to as Dentaria laciniata.

Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Similar Species:

Toothwort (Cardamine diphylla)

Large Toothwort (Cardamine maxima)

Slender Toothwort (Cardamine angustata)

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