Toothwort
Related Category: Plants
any species of the genus Dentaria [Lat. dens=tooth, for the toothed rhizomes of some species], slender perennials of the family Cruciferae ( family), native to north temperate regions.
Cut-leaved toothwort has sharply cut foliage and single white, lavender, or pink nodding flowers that bloom in early spring. Evergreen forms exist.
Noteworthy characteristics: Rarely available for sale. Native to eastern North America.
Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) - flowers showing organs © Daniel Reed Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) - whroled leaves © Daniel Reed Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) - rizomes © Daniel Reed " ...
Dentaria laciniata (Cruciferea) - The roots of this member of the mustard family were a food sorce for native americans. Cut-leaved toothwort blooms in mid-spring. (Photographed in PA) ...
Slender Toothwort. Beautiful Bittercress
Native woodland perennial wildflower. Extirpated from Seattle .
C. occidentalis (S. Wats. ex B.L. Robins.) T.J. Howell ...
large toothwort
Cardamine maxima
Pennsylvania bitter-cress
Cardamine pensylvanica ...
Cutleaf Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata
Purple-flowered Toothwort - Cardamine concatenata ...
Several species of spring wildflowers known as "toothworts" (Dentaria), also in the mustard family, are the primary food source for the caterpillar stage of this butterfly.
Three-cornered Leek, Three-flowered Rush, Three-leaved Rush, Three-lobed Crowfoot, Three-veined Sandwort, Thrift, Thyme Broomrape, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Timothy, Toad Rush, Toothed Medick, Toothed Wintergreen, Toothwort, ...
 See also: Green, May, Pink, Dentaria, Grass
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