Cutleaf toothwort

Cardamine concatenata

''Cardamine concatenata'', the cutleaf toothwort, crow's toes, pepper root or purple-flowered toothwort, is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome. It is a perennial plant woodland wildflower native to eastern North America. It is considered a spring ephemeral and blooms in March, April, and/or May.
Cut-leaved Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) Growing at the edge of a trail in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest/Keown Falls Trail in Walker County, Georgia, US. My apologies for the terrible quality photos! https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71020/cut-leaved_toothwort_cardamine_concatenata.html Cardamine concatenata,Geotagged,United States,Winter,cardamine,cut-leaved toothwort,toothwort,wildflower,wildflowers

Appearance

The vegetative parts of this plant, which can reach 20–40 cm, arise from a segmented rhizome. The leaves are on long petioles, deeply and palmately dissected into five segments with large "teeth" on the margins. The white to pinkish flowers are held above the foliage in a spike. Fruit is an elongated pod which can be up to 4 cm long.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderBrassicales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusCardamine
SpeciesC. concatenata
Photographed in
United States of America