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Cardamine concatenata
The Cutleaf Toothwort, Crow's Toes, Pepper Root, Purple-flowered Toothwort (Cardamine concatenata) is a flowering plant in Brassicaceae. It owes its name to the tooth-like appearance of its rhizome.[1] It is a perennial plant woodland wildflower native to eastern North America.[2] It is considered a spring ephemeral and blooms in March, April, and/or May.[3] [edit] DescriptionThe 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.[4]
Found growing in uncultivated area of a historic Resaca Confederate Cemetery
The leaves and roots are edible, consider adding to this mission, http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1165...
Spotted on Mar 13, 2011
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013
