Five-leaflet Bitter-cress

Cardamine pentaphyllos

''Cardamine pentaphyllos'', the five-leaflet bitter-cress or showy toothwort, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Western and Central Europe in Slovenia and Croatia.
Cardamine pentaphyllos Fingerblättrige Zahnwurz  Cardamine pentaphyllos,Geotagged,Spring,Switzerland

Appearance

It is an herbaceous perennial, growing to 30–50 cm, with palmate leaves and racemes of purple, pink or white flowers in late Spring and early Summer.

Naming

The Latin specific epithet ''pentaphyllos'' means "with five-lobed leaves". The feminine form ''pentaphylla'' is sometimes seen, but this is deemed incorrect.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderBrassicales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusCardamine
SpeciesC. pentaphyllos
Photographed in
Switzerland