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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Brassicales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7 (2010)

Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)

Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:

Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Dentaria diphylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dentaria diphylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Dentaria incisa

 

COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort


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image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_dedi6_001_lvd

        

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

JK Marlow    jkm060429_012

April    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Four sepals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

JK Marlow    jkm060429_166

April    Clay County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

JK Marlow    jkm170414_603

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_dentaria_diphylla

April        

Flower cluster terminal; dull white petals often turn pinkish with age, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_dentaria_diphylla_2

April        

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

Ron Lance    rwl_cdiphylla

April        

2 stem leaves, each with 3 broad ovate segments, and similar basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Toothwort species

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_dentaria_diphylla_8

April?        

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

JK Marlow    jkm160505_545

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Cardamine diphylla, Broadleaf Toothwort, Crinkleroot, Pepperroot, Two-leaved Toothwort

JK Marlow    jkm0311b_34

November    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Basal leaves dissected into 3 toothed, ovate, prominently veined segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 7
Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Arabideae (Cruciferae; Brassicaceae) in the southeastern United States (Al-Shehbaz, 1988a)
Cardamine diphylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 088-23-001:
Cardamine diphylla   FAMILY Brassicaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Dentaria diphylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria diphylla

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dentaria incisa

 

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250

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich, mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common in Mountains (uncommon in NC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen (often)
Palmately divided: 3 leaflets
Basal & subopposite (2 stem leaves)

FLOWER:
Spring
White/ Pinkish
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Silique

 

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