Dentaria laciniata also known as Cardamine concatenata
The Cut-leaved Toothwort is endangered in New Hampshire and Maine.
We found it growing abundantly on this west facing hillside along the Chesapeake Bay.
What a pleasant surprise on our first Springtime adventure.
It was hard to find a blooming one on this chilly spring afternoon.
This is the setting.
Claytonia virginica, the Spring Beauty, growing side-by -side with the Cut-leaved Toothwort, in abundance.
We are cultivating this species in our garden, where it has been blooming now for over a week.
One of the first to bloom, and flower after flower on the stalk, this one small native wildflower will be blooming for much of the spring!
Nice view from up on that hill. It’ll probably disappear when the leaves come out.
Were there any crickets or peepers audible while on the trail?
What other flowers did you encounter…anything rare and exciting? I like the phrase, “in abundance.” The implication of unending quantity is clear. Lets hope they are unending–these little flowers are signposts for environmental health.
Mark, yes we did hear peeper frogs, but just for a few brief moments. We also found a cranefly orchid, that was not in bloom, but had last years whorl of leaves with purple bottoms.