Calflora: Cardamine nuttallii var. gemmata

Cardamine nuttallii E. Greene var. gemmata (E. Greene) Rollins

Nuttall's toothwort, yellow tubered toothwort

Cardamine nuttallii var. gemmata, a dicot, is a perennial herb (rhizomatous) that is native to California and is found only slightly beyond California borders, to Oregon.

It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 3.3 (review list). 7th Edition / 8th Edition

Communities:	North Coastal Coniferous Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest
Affinity to serpentine soil: 5.2 (broad endemic) [Safford et al 2005]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in non wetlands, but occasionally found in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]

Family:	BRASSICACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Cardamine found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Cardamine nuttallii.

Name Status:

Accepted by CNPS + PLANTS + JM93
TJM2: accepted name:		Cardamine nuttallii

Other Names:

PLANTS:

Dentaria tenella var. quercetorum

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Del Norte: 5 / 1 CCH Siskiyou: 1 / 0 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Cardamine nuttallii var. gemmata from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CANUG)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
CNPS Inventory of rare and endangered plants
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database