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flower |
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flower | |
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Habitat: |
rich woods, along streams |
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Plant Height: |
25 cm; single scape from rhizome |
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Flower Color: |
white |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; 2 sepals drop off as soon as flower opens; petals 8-10; 4 cm wide; stamens numerous; single pistil; stigma 2-lobed |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary flower |
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Fruit: |
2-parted capsule; pointed at both ends |
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Leaves: |
basal; palmately lobed |
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Bloom Time: |
late March-April |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
opens in full sunlight, closes at night; flower lasts short time; sap contains acrid making it red comes from underground stem (rhizome), used by Native Americans as a dye; genus name comes from Latin sanguinarius meaning bleeding | |