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!