Cardamine maxima - (image 1 of 3)
Taxonomy
Family: Brassicaceae
Habitat
Rich woods.
Associates
Distribution
ME and New Brunswick to MI and WI, south to WV and KY.
Morphology
Perennial herb from a rhizome with alternating enlarged and slightly constricted regions; stems 15-40 cm, glabrous; basal leaves similar to the cauline, usually present at anthesis; cauline leaves 3, alternate, ternate, the segments petiolulate, lance-ovate to rhombic-ovate, crenate-toothed, the lateral asymmetrical, or with a lateral lobe, or bifid nearly to the base; hairs of the leaflet margins spreading, 0.2-0.3 mm; sepals 5-8 mm; petals 11-17 mm, white to dull purplish; fruits 2-4 cm long.
Notes
Flowers April to May
Wetland indicator: NA
Sometimes treated as C. x maxima as it has been thought to be a hybrid of C. diphylla and C. concatenata.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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