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toothwort

plant, Cardamine diphylla
Also known as: Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinklewort, pepperwort(Show More)
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  • Cut-leaved toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)
    bittercress

    Toothwort, pepperwort, or crinklewort (C. diphylla) is native to moist woods of North America and bears one pair of stem leaves, each of which is divided into three broad leaflets. Cut-leaved toothwort (C. concatenata), from the same area, has a whorl of three stem leaves.…

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    Toothwort, pepperwort, or crinklewort (C. diphylla) is native to moist woods of North America and bears one pair of stem leaves, each of which is divided into three broad leaflets. Cut-leaved toothwort (C. concatenata), from the same area, has a whorl of three stem leaves.…

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