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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Learn more about Broadleaf Toothwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:
Cardamine diphylla FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria diphylla
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria diphylla
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria incisa
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_dedi6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_012
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060429_166
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170414_603
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla
April
Flower cluster terminal; dull white petals often turn pinkish with age, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla_2
April
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Ron Lance rwl_cdiphylla
April
2 stem leaves, each with 3 broad ovate segments, and similar basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Toothwort species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_diphylla_8
April?
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JK Marlow jkm160505_545
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0311b_34
November Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Basal leaves dissected into 3 toothed, ovate, prominently veined segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine diphylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:
Cardamine diphylla
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria diphylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria diphylla
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria incisa
250
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen (often)
Palmately divided: 3 leaflets
Basal & subopposite (2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p128
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p130
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p120
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p040
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p162
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p113
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p020
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p136
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p087
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p113
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p060
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