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leaves |
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Habitat: |
rich, moise woods |
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Plant Height: |
30-50 cm, rhizomous herb |
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Flower Color: |
yellow |
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Flower: |
4-5 cm wide; 4 petals; 2 caducous (fall off as flower opens) |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary or in small, terminal clusters |
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Fruit: |
2-parted capsule; pubescent |
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Leaves: |
opposite or basal; pinnately comppound; lobed |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
plant with yellow sap once used by Native Americans a a dye; diphyllum refers to fact that only plants with 2 leaves produce flowers
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