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Cardamine angustata

Cardamine angustata O.E. Schulz

eastern slender toothwort, slender toothwort

Synonym(s): Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana, Cardamine heterophylla, Dentaria heterophylla

Cardamine angustata (Eastern Slender Toothwort)

Image ID: 4846
Image by: Hardin, J.W.
Image Collection: Herbarium Collection

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: CAAN11
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cardamine angustata
Include in WOTAS: 1
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-02-06

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: CARDA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Cardamine
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Bittercress
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 200 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Dentaria should apparently be included (Sweeney & Price 2000).
GENUS IDENTIFICATION:
GENUS REFERENCES: Al-Shehbaz, Marhold, & Lihov� in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993)=Z; Sweeney & Price (2001)=Y; Al-Shehbaz (1988a)=X; Sweeney & Price (2000); Franzke et al. (1998). Key based in part on Turrill, Evans, & Gilliam (1994) and Y.

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: BRASSI
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Brassicaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Burnett 1835 or CRUCIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
FAMILY COMMON: Mustard Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 340 genera and 3400 species, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and rarely trees and vines, of cosmopolitan distribution (but most diverse in the temperate Northern Hemisphere).
FAMILY REFERENCE: Al-Shehbaz in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993); Al-Shehbaz (1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b); Appel & Al-Shehbaz in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

INTRO: Short, spring-flowering perennial found in rich, moist forests.
STEMS: Stems smooth (occasionally hairy), often red-tinged.
LEAVES: Basal leaves divided into 3 diamond-shaped to oval, toothed leaflets; 2 or 3 stem leaves whorled at mid-stem also divided into 3 leaflets, these narrowly lance-shaped to linear and toothed or entire.
INFLORESCENCE:
FLOWERS: Flowers on spreading stalks in a short terminal raceme, white (often tinged with purplish-pink), nearly 1 in. wide, consisting of 4 petals forming a cross-pattern.
FRUITS: Fruit a linear green pod; pods ripen on lower flower stalks while upper flowers are still blooming.
COMMENTS:
HEIGHT: 4-16 in.

DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate, Opposite
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple, Trifoliate
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FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY: Radial (Actinomorphic)
BLOOM TIME: Mar-May

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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BLOOM COLOR: White or light pink

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Apr-Jun.

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
42	2015-0004	2015-04-10	44	View
4045	1992-0201			View
5020	1995-0139			View
5282	1995-0403			View
5977	1995-1108			View

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
44	HORT	2011-05-12	Poythress	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
55	42	79	Liloia	2015-04-06	View
56	42	15	Liloia	2015-04-06	View
6373	4045	200	NCBG staff	1993-03-01	View
7439	5020	202	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
7738	5282	203	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View
8573	5977	2	NCBG staff	1992-01-01	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: CAAN11
USDA Common Name: Slender Toothwort
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, GA, IN, KY, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FAC				FACU			FAC	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cardamine angustata
COMMON NAME: Eastern Slender Toothwort
SYNONYMY: [= C, Pa, Va, X, Y; < C. angustata - FNA, K2, Z; = C. angustata var. angustata - RAB; = Dentaria heterophylla Nuttall - F, G, S, W]
PHENOLOGY: Mar-May; Apr-Jun.
HABITAT: Rich, mesic forests.
COMMENTS: NJ and IN south to n. GA, c. TN, and ne. MS. Material sometimes considered merely disjunct in the Ouachita Mountains of AR, or named as a variety, var. ouachitana E.B. Smith, is apparently specifically distinct and not closely related (C.T. Witsell, pers. comm., 2013).
RANGE MAP: Cardamine angustata.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Brassicaceae Burnett 1835 or CRUCIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Mustard Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 340 genera and 3400 species, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and rarely trees and vines, of cosmopolitan distribution (but most diverse in the temperate Northern Hemisphere).
REFERENCE: Al-Shehbaz in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993); Al-Shehbaz (1984, 1985a, 1985b, 1986, 1987, 1988a, 1988b); Appel & Al-Shehbaz in Kubitzki & Bayer (2003).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Cardamine L. (Bittercress)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 200 species, herbs, cosmopolitan. Dentaria should apparently be included (Sweeney & Price 2000).
REFERENCE: Al-Shehbaz, Marhold, & Lihov� in FNA (2010); Rollins (1993)=Z; Sweeney & Price (2001)=Y; Al-Shehbaz (1988a)=X; Sweeney & Price (2000); Franzke et al. (1998). Key based in part on Turrill, Evans, & Gilliam (1994) and Y.

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Cardamine angustata in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Cardamine angustata in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Cardamine angustata in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Cardamine angustata in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Cardamine angustata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Cardamine angustata

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 4846 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 33261 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 4846 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)