Cardamine concatenata
(Crow's Toes)

Family - Brassicaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - North America
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 15cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The Woodland Walk

Description: A rhizomatous, clump-forming Perennial with upright stems. Dark green, palmate leaves with thin petioles have narrow leaflets with jagged, coarsely toothed margins. The leaves are held at the base of the plant. Cross-shaped flowers are white, each with a yellow-green Eye. The Blooms are held in Racemes and produced in mid-spring.

Synonym - Cardamine laciniata

Additional common name - Cutleaf toothwort

Flower:

Cruciform (4-petalled) flowers are white, each with a yellow-green eye. The flowers are held in racemes and are produced in April.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Cruciform flowers in racemes

Flowering time: April

Foliage:

Dark green palmate leaves have narrow leaflets with jagged and Dentate margins. The leaves are produced from rhizomes and held at the base of the plant.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Palmate

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Cultivation:

Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.