Cardamine dissecta (Leavenworth) Al-Shehbaz, J. Arnold Arb. 69: 82. 1988; Dentaria dissecta Leavenworth, Amer. J. Sci. 7: 62. 1824. TYPE: United States, Alabama, Cherokee Co., Leavenworth s.n. (holotype, ).

Dentaria multifida Muhlenberg ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 142. 1822; C. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) A. Wood, Amer. Bot. & Fl. 38. 1870, not C. multifida Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 440. 1814; Cardamine angustata O. E. Schulz var. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) H. E. Ahles; C. laciniata (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A. Wood subsp. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) O. E. Schulz; C. laciniata var. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) J. F. James, Bot. Gaz. 8: 207. 1883; D. heterophylla Nuttall var. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) H. E. Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172. 1964; D. laciniata Muhlenberg ex Willdenow var. multifida (Muhlenberg ex Elliott) J. F. James, Bot. Gaz. 13: 234. 1888. TYPE: United States, mountaine of Carolina, Schweinitz s.n. (holotype, CHARL).

Dentaria furcata Small, Fl. SE U.S. 480. 1903. TYPE: United States, Alabama, near Tuscaloosa, Rev. W. Johnson s.n. (holotype, NY!).

Herbs, perennial, glabrous throughot. Rhizomes fleshy, segments oblong, moniliform, 3–5 mm in diam.; stolons absent. Stems 1–3.5 dm, erect, simple, glabrous. Rhizomal leaves palmately compound, biternate, 7–20 cm; petiole 4–13 cm; terminal leaflet ternately or pinnately lobed, petiolule 1–3(–4) cm; ultimate segments linear, 0.7–3.5 cm × 0.6–3 mm, base attenuate to cuneate, margin entire, apex apiculate; lateral leaflets about as large as or smaller than terminal leaflet, similar in other aspects; cauline leaves (2 or) 3, palmately compound, biternate and resembling rhizomal leaves, alternate to subopposite; petiole (0.5–)1–4(–5.5) cm, base not auriculate; terminal leaflet ternate, petiolule (0.3–)0.7–1.5(–2.5) cm; ultimate segments linear, (0.4–)1.5–5(–6.5) cm × 0.7–4(–6) mm, base cuneate to attenuate, margin entire; lateral leaflets similar to terminal one. Racemes ebracteate; fruiting pedicels ascending to divaricate, 1–2.5(–3.5) cm. Sepals oblong, 4–6 × 1.5–2 mm, erect, base of lateral pair not saccate; petals white to pale pink, oblanceolate, 9–15 × 2–4 mm, not clawed, apex rounded; median filament pairs 6–7.5 mm, lateral pair 3–5 mm; anthers linear, 1.5–2.5 mm. Fruit linear-lanceolate, 2–3.5 cm × 1.5–2 mm; valves glabrous; style 4–7(–10) mm; ovules and seeds 10–14 per fruit. Seeds brown, oblong, 1.5–2.5 × 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 64, 112.

Flowering: Mar–May.

Habitat: oak-hickory woods, moist loamy areas, floodplain woods, bluffs, rocky calcareous woods, limestone slopes, along streams.

Elevation: 0–300 m.

Distribution: United States (Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee).