Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cardamine L.

Family: Brassicaceae

Scientific Synonyms: Cardamine (Tourn.) L., Dentaria (Tourn.) L., Dentaria L.

Common names:

Bittercress [Bitter cress, Bitter-cress] (1849-Present) (1, 2, 4, 13, 50, 93, 109, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Lady's-smock [Ladies' smock] (1818-1828) (7, 10)

Milkmaids (1932) (1)

Pepper root (1895) (15)

Pepper-root (1923-1949) (109, 156)

Spring cress (1923) (156)

Toothwort (1818-1949) (1, 2, 10, 13, 15, 93, 109, 138, 156)

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