General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8-12 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Milkmaids
  • California Toothwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cardamine californica
  • Synonym: Cardamine californica var. sinuata
  • Synonym: Cardamine californica var. integrifolia
  • Synonym: Cardamine californica var. cuneata
  • Synonym: Cardamine californica var. cardiophylla

Photo Gallery
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-02-01
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2013-02-01
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2017-04-13
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-04
San Elijo Lagoon
Location: Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) and on the bottom right redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) on Humboldt Redwoods State Park Johnson Camp Trail
Date: 2010-05-04
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2010-03-17
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2017-04-11
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2017-04-11
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2017-04-13
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-04
San Elijo Lagoon

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