Cardamine angustata (known by the common name slender toothwort) is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States,[4] that produces white to pink or purple flowers in early spring.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. angustata
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Description
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Cardamine angustata has basal leaves which can be as large as 24 centimeters, consisting of three leaflets borne on a 3 to 16 centimeter long petiole. The erect unbranched stem is 12 to 30 centimeters tall, and can be smooth or pubescent. There are two or three leaves on the stem, which are different in morphology from the basal leaves, they are also divided into three leaflets, but these are only 2 to 7 centimeters long and 3 to 6 millimeters wide. The flowers are borne in a raceme. The petals are 9 to 18 millimeters long and 2 to 5 millimeters wide. The fruit is linear, 2.5 to 4 centimeters long and 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters wide.[5]
Taxonomy
editCardamine angustata was first described as Dentaria heterophylla by the English botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1818.[6][7] The American botanist Alphonso Wood placed Dentaria heterophylla Nutt. in genus Cardamine in 1870.[8][9] However, in 1903 the German botanist Otto Eugen Schulz declared the name Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood to be illegitimate since the binomial name Cardamine heterophylla had already been in use prior to 1870. To correct the error, Schulz proposed the specific epithet angustata in lieu of heterophylla. The resulting name Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz is widely used today.[3][10]
Cardamine angustata is a member of the Cardamine concatenata alliance, a monophyletic group of eastern North American species that includes Cardamine angustata, Cardamine concatenata, Cardamine diphylla, Cardamine dissecta, Cardamine incisa, and Cardamine maxima.[11] All members of the alliance were previously placed in genus Dentaria Tourn. ex L., which is now considered to be a synonym for Cardamine L.[12]
Distribution and habitat
editCardamine angustata is widely distributed in the eastern United States, although local distribution may be spotty. It has been recorded in Alabama, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.[4] In Virginia, it grows in habitats such as well-drained floodplain forests and mesic to dry-mesic upland forests.[13] The presence of this species is dependent on the appropriate habitat, and it may be eliminated from an area by development, changes in land use, or competition with invasive species.
Conservation
editThe global conservation status of Cardamine angustata is secure (G5).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Cardamine angustata". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Plants Profile for Cardamine angustata (slender toothwort)". Retrieved January 25, 2014. USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov)[permanent dead link]. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ^ "Cardamine angustata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". Retrieved January 30, 2014. 'eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet (http://www.efloras.org). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Dentaria heterophylla Nutt.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Nuttall, Thomas (1818). The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817: Volume II. Philadelphia. p. 66. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ Wood (1889), Part IV, pp. 37–38.
- ^ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Marhold, Karol; Lihová, Judita (2010). "Cardamine angustata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 7. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 8 June 2023 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Sweeney, Patrick W.; Price, Robert A. (2001). "A multivariate morphological analysis of the Cardamine concatenata alliance (Brassicaceae)". Brittonia. 53 (1): 82–95. Bibcode:2001Britt..53...82S. doi:10.1007/BF02805400. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Dentaria Tourn. ex L.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora | Cardamine angustata O. E. Schulz". Retrieved January 25, 2014. Virginia Botanical Associates. (2014). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (http://www.vaplantatlas.org)[permanent dead link]. c/o Virginia Botanical Associates, Blacksburg.
Bibliography
edit- Weakley, Alan S.; Southeastern Flora Team (2022). "Flora of the southeastern United States". University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden.
- Wood, Alphonso (1889) [First edition 1870]. Willis, Oliver R. (ed.). The New American Botanist and Florist (Revised 8th ed.). New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Company. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
External links
edit- "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz". Flora of the Southeastern United States (2023 Edition). Retrieved 10 June 2023.