Dentaria

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Dentaria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Dentaria (Latin, dens, tooth; referring to the toothed rootstocks). Cruciferae. Toothwort. Small early-flowering herbs, sometimes offered by dealers in native plants. Hardy herbaceous perennials, usually with pleasant-tasting rootstocks, 2 or 3 lvs., mostly with 3 parts, and corymbs or racemes of large white or purplish fls. in spring: sts. mostly unbranched and not leafy below: lvs. palmately 3-divided or laciniate: petals surpassing the sepals; stamens 6; style slender: It. a very narrow flat silique dehiscent from the base.—Probably 20 species in Eu., Asia and in N. Amer. The European and E. American species are readily told from Cardamine by habit and many obvious differences, but the W. American representatives of the 2 genera converge so that some botanists have merged Dentaria into Cardamine. (See E. L. Greene, Pittonia, 3:117-124.) Several species are cultivated in Old World rockeries. They are of easy culture in light rich soil, and moist shady positions. Usually propagated by division, as seeds are not abundant. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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