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Photographer: Richard Bauer
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Family Brassicaceae
Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.
purple rocket
Iodanthus: from iodes for "violet-colored" and anthos for "flower"
pinnatifidus: pinnatus for "feathered;" fidus for "separate, divide"
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, to 3' tall forb, unbranched below the inflorescence, mostly smooth |
| Flower: | purple to white, 4-parted; inflorescence a long cluster of stalked flowers; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | pod, long, thin, widely spaced |
| Leaf: | toothed; lower leaves usually pinnately-divided towards the base, the lobes often appearing to clasp the stem |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods; in alluvial soil |
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