General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 6-15 inches
Plant Spread: 6-9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: Leaves are highly dissected with coarsely toothed margins.
Fruit: Dehiscent
Other: 1 to 1.5 inch elongated 2-valved silique containing small black seeds.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Terrariums
Bog gardening
Uses: Salad greens
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Roots
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Stolons and runners
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Cutleaf Toothwort
  • Toothwort
  • Crow's Toes
  • Pepper Root
  • Flowered Toothwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cardamine concatenata
  • Synonym: Dentaria laciniata

Photo Gallery
Location: Greer Spring, MO
Date: 2019-04-06
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
"Neighbors" with Podophyllum, Claytonia Virginica, Bloodroot, and
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2011-03-20
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2009-03-22
Location: Shenk's Ferry wildflower preserve Conestoga, PA
Date: 2020-04-15
Location: Lafayette, IN
Date: 2015-04-17
Plant in full bloom
Location: Rulo Bluffs Preserve in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Rulo Bluffs Preserve in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Rulo Bluffs Preserve in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-27
Location: Hood, Alabama
Location: Rulo Bluffs Preserve in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-03-27

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-03-30
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5
Date: 2011-09-14
Stem nods and flowers close during cloudy weather.
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Colony
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Open bloom
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-25
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-25
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-04-03
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-28

Credit NPS
Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on Mar 26, 2022 7:23 PM concerning plant:
    A cheerful spring plant that can be found growing in woodland areas, wet-creek areas, slopes especially. If in a lush area, the blooms can sometimes be mistaken for an extremely upright but somewhat "limp" Claytonia.

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