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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) O.Schwarz
cut-leaved toothwort, five-parted toothwort
Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments
concatenata: linking together
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, annual to perennial, 8"-16" tall forb; roots oblong, separated rhizomes, resembling a string of beads  |
| Flower: | white to pink, 4-parted, 1/2"-3/4" long; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of long-stalked flowers; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | long, thin, erect pods |
| Leaf: | basal leaves (dying with time) and stem leaves similar; usually in whorls of 3 above the middle of the stem, deeply 3-parted and toothed to look 5-parted |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; forests, woods; in rich soil |
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