Family:
Brassicaceae
Common Name(s):
Cut-leaf toothwort
Synonyms:
Dentaria laciniata
Flowering Time:
April, May
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Siliques lighten (slightly yellowish) and appear full; if not collected too early, fruit can be placed in plastic bag until siliques split and release seed
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Mid to late May
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Intolerant of dry storage (Cullina 2000)
Restoration Potential:
Low
Notes
Short-statured spring ephemeral.
Low seed production (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991).
Root stocky tubers connected by slender roots; vegetative spread low (Barkely 1986, Fernald 1970, Runkel and Bull 2009).
Pollination: Early flying bees and flies (The Natural World 2020).
Toothwort and related members of the mustard family are food plants for the caterpillars of Falcate Orange Tip, Mustard White and West Virginia White butterflies (The Natural World 2020).
