Cardamine dentata Schultes. Common name: American Cuckoo-flower, Lady's-smock, White Cuckoo-flower. Phenology: Apr-Jul. Habitat: Seeps, bogs, and swamps. Distribution: NS and QC west to MB, south to NJ, VA, and OH.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The Eurasian C. pratensis, with pink (vs. white) flowers, is introduced in ne. North America. These two taxa are not always regarded as separable (see synonymy).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NE; = Cardamine pratensis L. var. palustris Wimm. & Graebn. — C, F, G, Il; < Cardamine pratensis L. — FNA7, Mi, NY, Pa, Va; < Cardamine pratensis L. var. pratensis — Rollins (1993). Basionym: Cardamine dentata Schult. 1809
Links to other floras: < Cardamine pratensis - FNA7
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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