PLANTS Profile for Cardamine maxima (large toothwort)

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Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood
large toothwort

Symbol:

CAMA36

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Brassicaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

Dentaria maxima

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 188. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

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Synonyms:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

DEMA

Dentaria maxima Nutt.

Native Status:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (CT, KY, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

View 107 genera in Brassicaceae, 40 species in Cardamine

Classification:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Capparales
Family	Brassicaceae – Mustard family
Genus	Cardamine L. – bittercress
Species	Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood – large toothwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
large toothwort		Possibly Extirpated
Michigan:
Dentaria maxima
large toothwort		Threatened
New Jersey:
large toothwort		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) Alph. Wood

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501195.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:50 AM CDT