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Cutleaf Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata


Family: Brassicaceae – Mustard family Genus Common Name: Bittercress Native Status: Native
Cardamine concatenata - Cutleaf Toothwort. syn. Cardamine laciniata, Dentaria laciniata, Dentaria concatenata
Cutleaf Toothwort is one of the early spring wildflowers, blooming March through May.
Journal Articles Referencing Bittercress
Distribution of Cardamine concatenata in the United States and Canada:
USDA Plants Distribution Map
Blue=Native; Grey=Introduced

Map from USDA Plants Database:
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 08 Sep 2010). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

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Site: The Pocket, Walker County, GA Date: 2009-March-07Photographer: Gerald C. Williamson f/5.6 ISO100 Flash: Yes
Cutleaf Toothwort has pink to white 4-petaled blossoms terminating a stem which is 8 to 16 inches tall.
Cardamine concatenata
Site: Walker County, GA Date: 2008-March-26Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D40
1/125 f/8 ISO400
Nikon Nikkor AF-S 55-200mm 4-5.6G ED
200mm (300 equiv)
Cardamine concatenata normally has a single whorl of 3-part stem leaves. The leaflets are toothed, sometimes so deeply that the leaf may appear to have 4 or 5 leaflets.
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Cardamine concatenata
Site: The Pocket, Walker County GA Date: 2010-April-14Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D60
1/80 f/5.6 ISO200
Tamron SP 90MM f/2.8 AF Macro
90mm (135 equiv)
Cutleaf Toothwort has a whorl of typically three palmately divided stem leaves.

The fruit is an elongated pod up to about an inch and a half long, usually with a beak on the end.
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Cardamine concatenata

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