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Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Description

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 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.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Brassicales

            • Family: Brassicaceae

              • Genus: Cardamine