Brassicaceae

Slender toothwort

Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Slender toothwort (Cardamine angustata) — FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Slender toothwort

Synonyms

Cardamine angustata f. parviflora O.E.Schulz
Cardamine angustata var. angustata
Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana E.B.Sm.
Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood
Dentaria heterophylla Nutt.

Flowers

In flower: March to April (from 258 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Clare Bledsoe, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.