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toothwort

toothwort

Has 4 petaled white flowers. Helps with toothache. The root tastes peppery kind of like horseradish and can be chewed for colds and flu or made into tea to gargle with for sore throat. Used to spice up food. The entire plant can be used- leaves, stems, flowers, root. Add to your salads, rice etc. Even when the leaves are gone, the roots are still underground and edible.
Edible Plant Guide © 2012 Markus Rothkranz
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Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.: cutleaf toothwort. Abundant in woods; 14; C = 4.
The vascular flora of Turkey run State Park, Parke County, Indiana
Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.; SYN: Dentaria laeiniata Muhl.; Cutleaf or Five-parted Toothwort; Woods; Common; C = 4; BSUH 13902.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of the wetland complex on the IMI property in Henry County, near Luray, Indiana
Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.; SYN: Dentaria laciniata Muhl.; Cutleaf or Five-parted Toothwort; Woods; Abundant; C = 4; BSUH 13259.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Lick Creek Summit Nature Preserve in Wayne County, Indiana
Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.; Cutleaf or Five-parted Toothwort; Woods; Abundant; C = 4; BSUH 11817.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of Hayes Arboretum in Wayne County, Indiana
The first to bloom are Cloytonia virginica (spring beauty), Dentaria laciniata (cut-leaved toothwort), and Thalictrum thalictroides.
An inventory of the herbaceous plants of the twin swamps nature preserve, Posey County, Indiana
Schwartz: Five-Parted Toothwort; frequent; mesic woods; BSUH 12203.
A floristic inventory and description of the structure and composition of the plant communities of Botany Glen, Grant County, Indiana
Schwarz: Five-parted or Cut-leaf Toothwort; abundant; mesic woods; BSUH 10908.
The flora and vegetational communities of Wilbur Wright Fish and Wildlife Area, Henry County, Indiana
Five-parted toothwort; abundant; mesic woods; BSUH 8080.
THE FLORA AND VEGETATION OF GINN WOODS, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA
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