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| Characteristics: |
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Habitat: |
rich, moist woods, usually in basic or neutral soil |
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Plant Height: |
20-45 cm, rhizomous, single flowering stalks |
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Flower Color: |
white |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; 5-10 cm wide; 3 lanceolate, ascending sepals; 3 recurved petals; 6 stamens wiht yellow anthers; ovary with 3 locules, 6 angles; peduncle either erect or slightly declined, but with flower held above the leaves |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary, terminal flower |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded berry |
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Leaves: |
simple; entire; ovate or subrotund, diamond shaped; neqarly stalkless |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
petals turn pink with age; rhizomes were gathered and chewed by Native Americans for a variety of purposes | |