Cut-leaved Toothwort Cardamine concatenata (Michaux) Swartz    Synonyms: Cutleaf Toothwort, Dentaria laciniata.
Kingdom Plantae   >   Division Tracheophyta   >   Class Magnoliopsida   >   Order Brassicales   >   Family Brassicaceae   >   Genus Cardamine   

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In Maryland, Cut-leaved Toothwort is a common spring wildflower in rich woodlands of the western shore. Cut-leaved Toothwort is uncommon on the Eastern Shore (lack of rich woods), and absent from the lower shore.

Description:

Cut-leaved Toothwort closely resembles Slender Toothwort and Broad-leaved Toothwort. Cut-leaved Toothwort can be differentiated from these two species by lacking basal leaves while the plant is in flower.

Relationships:

Host plant for Falcate Orangetip.

There are 560 records in the project database.

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Cut-leaved Toothwort in Howard Co., Maryland (5/4/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/23/2016). Photo by Jared Satchell. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/12/2014). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Cutleaf Toothwort in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/13/2008). Host plant for Falcate Orangetip. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/30/2020). (c) Daniel McClosky, some rights reserved (CC BY). Photo by Daniel McClosky via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/8/2011). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Washington Co., Maryland (5/24/2004). Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Calvert Co., Maryland (3/29/2016). Photo by Robert Ferraro. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Washington Co., Maryland (4/26/1981). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (4/25/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

A Cut-leaved Toothwort in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/20/2014). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (4/1/2013). Photo by Fritz Flohr Reynolds. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming at Jemicy School in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/19/2014). Photo by Emily Stanley. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort blooming in Kent Co., Maryland (4/19/2015). Photo by Nancy Martin. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort going to seed in Charles Co., Maryland (5/17/2014). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/16/2017). Photo by Bill Harms. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Allegany Co., Maryland (4/4/2017). Photo by Kimberly Booth. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Kent Co., Maryland (3/31/2020). (c) matt whitbeck, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by matt_whitbeck via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/5/2020). (c) Dwight Johnson, all rights reserved. Photo by Dwight Johnson. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/20/2020). (c) juliaburch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by juliaburch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Cut-leaved Toothwort in Montgomery Co., Maryland (3/20/2020). (c) juliaburch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by juliaburch via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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