Cut-leaved Toothwort
Cardamine concatenata
Also known as: Pepperroot
Common spring ephemeral with deeply cut whorled leaves and clusters of white-pink four-petaled flowers. Host plant for the West Virginia white butterfly. Disappears by early summer. Both the peppery root and leaves are edible raw or cooked, tasting much like watercress.
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–0.75 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–0.75 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV