Dentaria laciniata of Michigan Flora

Usually in rich beech-maple forests and northern hardwoods, very rarely in drier oak forests. Quite local (and often vegetative) in the northern Lower Peninsula and eastern Upper Peninsula.

Blooms earlier than C. diphylla, although there may be some overlap. The leaves are highly variable in degree of dissection. The segments of the leaves are usually ± sharply toothed, but occasionally entire or nearly so. The rhizome segments in this species may be as thick as 1–2 cm although usually they are much smaller; they are whitish or yellowish when fresh (more brown when dry).