Green leaves that are deeply lobed with serrated edges are in the background. A stalk holds the flowers that are attached by short stalks. Flowers are white with four petals and four sepals.
Flowers are close up with four petals and a view of the inner reproductive parts. Stamens with anthers are visible as is the stigma.
Several stalks of unopen pink Cutleaf Toothwort flowers are visible in the foreground and the lobed, serrated leaves are in the background.
A single Cutleaf Toothwort plant has emerged from the decaying leaves on the forest floor. Leaves are deeply lobed and serrated. The flower buds are just visible
Pink Cutleaf Toothwort flowers on a stalk are slightly drooping in front of the green, lobed, serrated leaves.
A pink-flowered cutleaf toothwort plant is among other spring ephemerals including a Virginia Bluebell.
Many cutleaf toothwort plant grace a small hill among decaying leaves. Flowers have four petals and are white, while the green leaves are deeply serrated.
A big flat area of the forest floor is covered in Cutleaf Toothwort plants, all in flower.
Green leaves that are deeply lobed with serrated edges are in the background. A stalk holds the flowers that are attached by short stalks. Flowers are white with four petals and four sepals.
Flowers are close up with four petals and a view of the inner reproductive parts. Stamens with anthers are visible as is the stigma.
Several stalks of unopen pink Cutleaf Toothwort flowers are visible in the foreground and the lobed, serrated leaves are in the background.
A single Cutleaf Toothwort plant has emerged from the decaying leaves on the forest floor. Leaves are deeply lobed and serrated. The flower buds are just visible
Pink Cutleaf Toothwort flowers on a stalk are slightly drooping in front of the green, lobed, serrated leaves.
A pink-flowered cutleaf toothwort plant is among other spring ephemerals including a Virginia Bluebell.
Many cutleaf toothwort plant grace a small hill among decaying leaves. Flowers have four petals and are white, while the green leaves are deeply serrated.
A big flat area of the forest floor is covered in Cutleaf Toothwort plants, all in flower.

Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

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Cutleaf Toothwort is a small plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). As such, the flowers have four petals, four sepals, and 6 stamens (4 tall & 2 short). The seeds form in a long pod.

Cutleaf Toothwort gets its name from the deeply lobed, serrated leaves. The leaf is made up of 3-5 lobes. The plant is usually mostly hairless. Flowers develop at the top of the main stalk on short equal stalks. Flowers may be white or pinkish.

The nectar of the flower attracts all kinds of bees. Once pollinated, long slender seed pods form. Seeds develop in the pod in one, neat row and they are oval and somewhat flat.

Cutleaf Toothwort is mainly found in rich beech-maple forests with moist soil. It can spread by rhizome or by seed. It wants some space from competitive plants. This is a spring woodland plant that does not have an eliasome to attract ants.

This plant flowers early in the season. Near the beginning of summer, the plants will have yellowed and started to fade away.

Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Cutleaf Toothwort

height: 8 inches

bloom time: April-May

soil: medium, rich

sun: full in the early spring, shade in the summer

plant spacing: 8”

flower: white-pink

life cycle: perennial

family: Brassicaceae

seed source: Michigan

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Cutleaf Toothwort is a small plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). As such, the flowers have four petals, four sepals, and 6 stamens (4 tall & 2 short). The seeds form in a long pod.

Cutleaf Toothwort gets its name from the deeply lobed, serrated leaves. The leaf is made up of 3-5 lobes. The plant is usually mostly hairless. Flowers develop at the top of the main stalk on short equal stalks. Flowers may be white or pinkish.

The nectar of the flower attracts all kinds of bees. Once pollinated, long slender seed pods form. Seeds develop in the pod in one, neat row and they are oval and somewhat flat.

Cutleaf Toothwort is mainly found in rich beech-maple forests with moist soil. It can spread by rhizome or by seed. It wants some space from competitive plants. This is a spring woodland plant that does not have an eliasome to attract ants.

This plant flowers early in the season. Near the beginning of summer, the plants will have yellowed and started to fade away.

Cutleaf Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)

Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Cutleaf Toothwort

height: 8 inches

bloom time: April-May

soil: medium, rich

sun: full in the early spring, shade in the summer

plant spacing: 8”

flower: white-pink

life cycle: perennial

family: Brassicaceae

seed source: Michigan

We are just beginning production of this plant at Wild Ginger Woodlands. Stock will be quite limited until we are able to expand production.

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