{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the cabbage family}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Cardamine pentaphyllos'' | image = Cardamine pentaphyllos.jpg | taxon = Cardamine pentaphyllos | authority = (L.) Crantz }}
'''''Cardamine pentaphyllos''''', the '''five-leaflet bitter-cress'''<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007|access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> or '''showy toothwort''', is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to Western and Central Europe in Slovenia and Croatia. It is an herbaceous perennial, growing to {{convert|30|-|50|cm|0|abbr=on}}, with palmate leaves and racemes of purple, pink or white flowers in late Spring and early Summer.<ref name=RHAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref>
The Latin specific epithet ''pentaphyllos'' means "with five-lobed leaves".<ref name=RHSLG>{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}</ref> The feminine form ''pentaphylla'' is sometimes seen, but this is deemed incorrect.<ref name=RHAZ />
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Cardamine pentaphylla''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/140982/Cardamine-pentaphylla/Details | access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>
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pentaphyllos Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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