Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine dissecta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Dissected Toothwort from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine dissecta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Cardamine dissecta
INCLUDED WITHIN The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine dissecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-002b:
Cardamine angustata var. multifida FAMILY Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria multifida
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria multifida
COMMON NAME:
Dissected Toothwort, Fineleaf Toothwort, Forkleaf Toothwort
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4984
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4985
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4988
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090404_152
April Walker County GA
Pigeon Mountain
Leaves divided into narrow, linear, entire segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
leaves of Toothwort species
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_multifida
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_dentaria_multifida_4
April
Four petals 0.5"-0.7" long, borne in terminal clusters, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cardamine dissecta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine dissecta
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Cardamine dissecta
INCLUDED WITHIN
The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine dissecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-002b:
Cardamine angustata var. multifida
FAMILY
Brassicaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria multifida
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria multifida
2922
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen (often)
Palmately divided: ultimate segments linear to filiform
Basal & subopposite (2 stem leaves)
FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring
Silique
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p089
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p115
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