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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine angustata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Eastern Slender Toothwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine angustata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Cardamine angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-002a:
Cardamine angustata var. angustata FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria heterophylla
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Slender Toothwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dehe3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090102_024
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm090102_026
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Basal leaves similar to Cardamine diphylla, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090102_077
January Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm120318_600
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150322_887
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm150322_894
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_heterophylla_6
March
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_heterophylla
March
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JK Marlow jkm090425_015
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Flower cluster terminal, the petals white to pinkish, 0.4"-0.6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7835
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7846
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
2 stem leaves w 3 narrow lanceolate segments; basal leaves like C. diphylla, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Toothwort species
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdangustata_bm1
May
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_050821rufusmorgan21
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_050821rufusmorgan23
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_050821rufusmorgan24
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0559
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine angustata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine angustata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Cardamine angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine angustata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-002a:
Cardamine angustata var. angustata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria heterophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria heterophylla
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen (often)
Palmately divided
Basal & subopposite (2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p130
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p179
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p213
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p112
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p020
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p135
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p088
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p114
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060
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