Kingdom Plantae Genus Cardamine Higher classification Cardamine | Order Brassicales Scientific name Cardamine concatenata Rank Species | |
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Similar Cardamine, Cardamine diphylla, Cabbage family, Claytonia virginica, Cardamine bulbosa | ||
Cardamine concatenata, the cutleaf toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial plant woodland wildflower native to eastern North America. It is considered a spring ephemeral and blooms in March, April, and/or May.
Description
The vegetative parts of this plant, which can reach 20–40 cm, arise from a segmented rhizome. The leaves are on long petioles, deeply and palmately dissected into five segments with large "teeth" on the margins. The white to pinkish flowers are held above the foliage in a spike. Fruit is an elongated pod which can be up to 4 cm long.
References
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