Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood is a plant in the Brassicaceae family, order Brassicales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood

Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood

Cardamine maxima is a flowering mustard species native to eastern North America, centered in New York and western New England.

Family
Genus
Cardamine
Order
Brassicales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood

Cardamine maxima, with the scientific name Cardamine maxima (Nutt.) A.W.Wood, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the mustard family, Brassicaceae. This species is native to eastern North America. Its native range stretches north to New Brunswick and Québec, south to Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and west to Ontario and Wisconsin. It has been recorded to occur in specific provinces of Canada and states of the United States. In Canada, it is found in New Brunswick, Ontario, and Québec. In the United States, it occurs in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Within the United States, the center of its distribution lies in New York and western New England, which includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Brassicales Brassicaceae Cardamine

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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