Two-leaf Toothwort

Common Name: Two-leaf Toothwort

Latin name: Cardamine diphylla

Bloom Time:  A Spring ephemeral, meaning that it blooms mid-April to mid-May before most deciduous trees leaf out; dormant in Summer

Location: (1) Between the Wildflower Garden and the First Overlook (2) Near the Picnic Table

Attracts: Bees collect the pollen; flea beetles feed on the foliage; it is a host plant for the larvae of two types of Butterflies

Special Note:  Two-leaf Toothwort has a stem with two leaves opposite each other. Cut-leafed Toothwort (Cardamine concatenate) has a stem with a whorl of three leaves, each with deeply cut lobes.