This woodland plant blooms in the spring throughout central and eastern North America. When you can identify it, leave a comment with the common name and scientific name. Also share any personal story you may have about this plant.
Leaves
Plants with flower buds
Opening and closed flower buds
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Plant with buds and flowers
Maturing seed pods
ANSWER (subsequently added to this post to facilitate the “search” function for these images): Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata)
Cut-leaved toothwort. Cardamine concatenata. I keep seeing the leaves here in NJ, but none have bloomed yet.
Looks like cut-leaved toothwort, Cardamine concatenata, one of our spring ephemerals. We’ll be looking for it as soon as the snow goes, which should happen in a few weeks here in the Upper Peninsula.
We have it all over too, cut leaved toothwort, cardamine concatenata
Indeed, this is Cut-leaf Toothwort, Cardamine concatenata. It bloomed several weeks ago in piedmont North Carolina. I visited one trail three times to see this plant in bloom — the first two times it had buds, but none were open. The third time (on April 3rd) was the charm!
It is cardamine concatenata of family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) with cross-shaped corolla and siliqua pod.
Yes, this is Cutleaf toothwort (Cardamine concatenata).
And here’s another member of the Cardamine genus: Hairy bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta). http://identifythatplant.com/hairy-bittercress-cardamine-hirsuta/