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The news is grim, you weren’t invited to the classified group chat, and the rain is coming back tomorrow. Don’t doomscroll through it, bloomscroll instead!
It’s Toothwort Tuesday! (is this anything?)
Blooming now in an oak woodland near you are these beautiful, delicate pink lovelies with the unfortunate common name of Nuttall’s Toothwort, Cardamine nuttallii.
Why toothwort? There are tooth-like projections that grow on the roots and stems underground, but you’d probably never see them.
Another name for Nuttall’s Toothwort is Beautiful Bittercress, and that makes sense because it is closely related to another local native wildflower that is also starting to bloom – Willamette Valley Bittercress, Cardamine penduliflora.
Taller, with white flowers, this pale beauty can often be found with wet feet in the forest understory or edge.
Have you visited your favorite forest lately? Spring is sprung, so shake off the seasonal sadness, get out in the fresh air, and find some local color!
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