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Photographer: Robert Bierman
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Family Brassicaceae
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood
large toothwort, three-leaved toothwort
Cardamine: originally from the Greek kardamon used by Dioscorides for some cress, maybe used in treating heart ailments
maxima: largest
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, annual/perennial, 6"-16" tall forb; stems smooth; long, thick rhizomes with a slight separation |
| Flower: | purple, 4-parted; inflorescence a loose cluster (raceme) of long-stalked flowers; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | long, thin, erect pods |
| Leaf: | usually 3 distinctly alternate, toothed, 3-parted stem leaves. |
| Habitat: | woods; in rich soil |
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