Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Broadleaf Toothwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria diphylla
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dedi6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_012
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_166
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170414_603
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla
April
Flower cluster terminal; dull white petals often turn pinkish with age, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla_2
April
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Ron Lance rwl_cdiphylla
April
2 stem leaves, each with 3 broad ovate segments, and similar basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
leaves of Toothwort species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla_8
April?
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JK Marlow jkm160505_545
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_34
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Basal leaves dissected into 3 toothed, ovate, prominently veined segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria diphylla
250
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common
Look for it in rich mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Evergreen (often)
Palmately divided: 3 leaflets
Basal & subopposite (2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pinkish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p128
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p130
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p120
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p040
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p113
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p020
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p087
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p113
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p060