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Large toothwort

Cardamine maxima

Also called Great Bittercress, Three Leaved Toothwort

Large toothwort
Photo: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possession, Public domain
Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Cardamine maxima is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae.

Where it grows

Cardamine maxima is native to eastern North America. Its range extends north to New Brunswick and Québec, south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and west to Ontario and Wisconsin. It is known to occur in the following provinces and states:

Other Cardamine plants

Large Bitter Cress · Seaside bittercress · Slender toothwort · Cardamine barbaraeoides · Alpine bittercress · Brewer's bittercress · Coralroot bittercress · Bulbous bittercress · Milkmaids · Cardamine carrii · Cutleaf toothwort · Constance's bittercress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cardamine maxima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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