Classification Hierarchy
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Tracheophyta
Superdivision Spermatophyta
Division Magnoliophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Capparales
Family Brassicaceae
Genus Cardamine
Species Cardamine concatenata
Cutleaf toothwort

Date: April 9 2010. Location: Amana woods (map)

USDA Plant Profile Flora of N. America

Scientific Name: Cardamine concatenata (synonym: Dentaria laciniata). from greek kardamon - used by Dioscorides possibly for a cress used as heart medication; concatenata - connected together, perhaps a reference to colony spreading by rhizome.

Common Name: Cutleaf toothwort

Origin: Native

Notes: perennials usually found in wooded areas.

Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Field Marks for Identification:

Flowers: March. 4 sepals green, 4 petals oblong, short-clawed, white to light pink; Stamen 6 (two median pair and one lateral pair). Inflorescence in racemes; Fruit linear siliques - about a dozen ovules in each.

Leaves: Basal and caudal leaves similar, tri-foliate in whorls of 3, margins dentate.

Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

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