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leaves |
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Habitat: |
moist woods and slopes |
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Plant Height: |
20-50 cm tall; erect stem, glabrous or sometimes pubescent above; multiple stems from base |
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Flower Color: |
yellow |
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Flower: |
complete; 5 yellow petals shorter than 5 green, drooping sepals; numerous stamens and pistils |
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Inflorescence: |
single terminal flower on long glabrous peduncle |
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Fruit: |
single-seeded achene with short beak in short-ovoid head on receptable |
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Leaves: |
basal leaves round wiht heart-shaped base (kidney shaped) on long petioles, often variously lobed or divided; cauline (upper) leaves typically sessile, usually deeply divided 3-5 times |
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Bloom Time: |
April-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
at first glance can be mistaken for many other species but basal leaves and fruit are distinctive | |