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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine concatenata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Cutleaf Toothwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine concatenata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cardamine concatenata
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine concatenata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-003:
Cardamine concatenata FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria laciniata
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Toothwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dela5_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_laciniata_cut_leaf
February
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_laciniata
February
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070324_081
March Polk County NC
Flower cluster is terminal; the petals are 0.5"-0.8" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100313_022
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
Whorl of 3 cauline leaves - basal leaves usually absent when in flower, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100313_030
March Gadsden County FL
Angus Gholson Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3260
March Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200321_3306
March Polk County NC
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JK Marlow jkm200322_3350
March Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_laciniata
March
Petals are white, sometimes pinkish to pale lavender, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_laciniata_2
March
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JK Marlow jkm0404j_32
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0504k_19
April Henderson County NC
A whorl of 3 cauline leaves, 3-parted into lobed or toothed segments, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Toothwort species
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JK Marlow jkm090404_233
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm160422_061
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160422_061b
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flowers followed by narrow round capsules (siliques), each 1-4cm long, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7975
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm190427_7977
April Jackson County SC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3704
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Ron Lance rwl_cconcatenata
April Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140519_887
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140519_889
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_c_concatenata_5628
May Mitchell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine concatenata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine concatenata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cardamine concatenata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine concatenata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-003:
Cardamine concatenata
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria laciniata
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately divided: 3 leaflets, lateral leaflets deeply cut giving the leaf a 5-parted appearance
Basal (usually absent at flowering) & whorled (3 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p127
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p130
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p120
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p040
- 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) p113
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p094
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p136
- 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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