Nuttall's toothwort

Common names

Synonyms

• Cardamine californica var. gemmata (Greene) O.E.Schulz
• Cardamine gemmata Greene
• Cardamine nuttallii var. covilleana (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
• Cardamine nuttallii var. dissecta (O.E.Schulz) Rollins
• Cardamine nuttallii var. gemmata (Greene) Rollins
• Cardamine nuttallii var. nuttallii Greene
• Cardamine nuttallii var. pulcherrima (Greene) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde
• Cardamine pulcherrima Greene
• Cardamine pulcherrima var. tenella (Pursh) C.L.Hitchc.
• Cardamine quercetorum Howell
• Cardamine tenella (Pursh) O.E.Schulz
• Cardamine tenella f. pulcherrima (Greene) O.E.Schulz
• Cardamine tenella var. covilleana O.E.Schulz
• Cardamine tenella var. dissecta O.E.Schulz
• Cardamine tenella var. quercetorum O.E.Schulz
• Dentaria gemmata (Greene) Howell ex Greene
• Dentaria gemmata (Greene) Howell
• Dentaria macrocarpa Nutt.
• Dentaria macrocarpa var. pulcherrima (Greene) B.L.Rob.
• Dentaria pulcherrima (Greene) Greene
• Dentaria quercetorum (Howell) Greene
• Dentaria tenella Pursh
• Dentaria tenella var. palmata Detling
• Dentaria tenella var. pulcherrima (Greene) Detling
• Dentaria tenella var. quercetorum (Howell) Detling

Flowers

In flower

March to April (from 1,040 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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