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Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz. Eastern Slender Toothwort. Phen: Mar-May; Apr-Jun. Hab: Rich, mesic forests. Dist: NJ and IN south to n. GA, c. TN, and ne. MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Material sometimes considered merely disjunct in the Ouachita Mountains of AR, or named as a variety, var. ouachitana E.B. Smith, is apparently specifically distinct and not closely related (C.T. Witsell, pers. comm., 2017); it is here treated as Cardamine species 1.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Pa, Va, Al-Shehbaz (1988a), Sweeney & Price (2001); = Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz var. angustata – RAB; = Dentaria heterophylla Nutt. – F, G, S, S13, Tat, Tn, W; < Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz – FNA7, K3, K4, Rollins (1993)

Links to other floras: < Cardamine angustata - FNA7

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Short, spring-flowering perennial found in rich, moist forests.

Stems: Stems smooth (occasionally hairy), often red-tinged.

Leaves: Basal leaves divided into 3 diamond-shaped to oval, toothed leaflets; 2 or 3 stem leaves whorled at mid-stem also divided into 3 leaflets, these narrowly lance-shaped to linear and toothed or entire.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on spreading stalks in a short terminal raceme, white (often tinged with purplish-pink), nearly 1 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals forming a cross-pattern.

Fruits: Fruit a linear green pod; pods ripen on lower flower stalks while upper flowers are still blooming.

Comments:

Height: 4-16 in.

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description: Short, spring-flowering perennial found in rich, moist forests.

stems: Stems smooth (occasionally hairy), often red-tinged.

leaves: Basal leaves divided into 3 diamond-shaped to oval, toothed leaflets; 2 or 3 stem leaves whorled at mid-stem also divided into 3 leaflets, these narrowly lance-shaped to linear and toothed or entire.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on spreading stalks in a short terminal raceme, white (often tinged with purplish-pink), nearly 1 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals forming a cross-pattern.

fruits: Fruit a linear green pod; pods ripen on lower flower stalks while upper flowers are still blooming.

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