cut-leaved toothwort

(Cardamine concatenata)

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List

not listed

NatureServe

NNR - Unranked

SNR - Unranked

Minnesota

not listed

Wetland Indicator Status

Great Plains

FACU - Facultative upland

Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

 
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Description

Cut-leaved toothwort is an erect, perennial forb that rises from rhizomes. The rhizomes are constricted at intervals of ¾ to 1 resembling a string of beads. It will often form colonies when conditions are optimal.

The stems are erect and unbranched. They are hairless near the base, and are covered with short, spreading hairs above the middle. A single whorl of 3 leaves appears on the stem above the middle.

Basal leaves are on long leaf stalks and are similar to stem leaves. They are usually gone by the time the plant is in full flower. Stem leaves are stalked, up to 3 long and across. They are deeply palmately divided into 3 narrow lobes. The two lateral lobes often have secondary lobes, giving the overall appearance of a 5 lobed leaf. The lobes are linear to lance-shaped, up to 2 long and wide. The margins may be shallowly or deeply toothed, or cut into narrow, irregular lobes.

The inflorescence is a loose, unbranched, elongated cluster at the end of the stem.

The flowers are to ¾ long and fragrant. They have 4 narrow, white to pink petals and 6 stamens.

The fruit is a narrow, ¾ to 1½ long, erect, cylindrical pod.

 

Height

8 to 16

 

Flower Color

White to pink

 

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Habitat

Moderate moisture. Woods.

Ecology

Flowering

April to May

 

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Defense Mechanisms

This and other mustards (family Brassicaceae) produce chemical compounds when cells are damaged that are toxic to most animals, fungi, and bacteria.

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Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30.

4/6/2023    
     

Nativity

Native

     

Occurrence

Common

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae (green algae and land plants)

Subkingdom

Viridiplantae (green plants)

Infrakingdom

Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)

Superdivision

Embryophyta (land plants)

Division

Tracheophyta (vascular plants)

Subdivision

Spermatophytina (seed plants) / Angiospermae (flowering plants)

Class

Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)

Superorder

Rosanae

Order

Brassicales (mustards, capers, and allies)

Family

Brassicaceae (mustard)

Subfamily

Brassicoideae

Supertribe

Camelinodae

Tribe

Cardamineae

Genus

Cardamine (bittercresses and toothworts)

   

Subordinate Taxa

 

   

Synonyms

Cardamine laciniata

Dentaria concatenata

Dentaria concatenata var. coalescens

Dentaria laciniata

Dentaria laciniata var. integra

   

Common Names

cut-leaf toothcup

cut-leaf toothwort

cut-leaved toothwort

cutleaf toothwort

five-parted toothwort

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Palmately divided

Similar to a hand. Having more than three lobes that radiate from a single point at the base of the leaf.

 

Rhizome

A horizontal, usually underground stem. It serves as a reproductive structure, producing roots below and shoots above at the nodes.

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Location: Carley State Park

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Location: Prairie Creek Woods SNA

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