Brassicaceae

Crinkleroot

Cardamine diphylla (Michx.) Alph.Wood

Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Cardamine

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Crinkleroot (Cardamine diphylla) — FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: حرف ثنائي الورق, حرف عريض الأوراق
arz: حرف ثنائى الورق
English: Crinkleroot

Synonyms

Dentaria bifolia Stokes
Dentaria diphylla Michx.
Dentaria incisa Small

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 1,481 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shirley Zundell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Josh, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.