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Habitat: |
moist, wet woods often in calcareous soils |
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Plant Height: |
20-40 cm, short, stout rhizome |
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Flower Color: |
white |
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Flower: |
perfect; complete; nodding; 4 cm wide; 3 sepals opposite of 3 recurved petals; 6 stamens; ovary superior with 3 locules, 6-angled |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary, terminal flower on curved stalk |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded berry |
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Leaves: |
entire; simple; whorled; diamond-shaped; slightly stalked |
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Bloom Time: |
April-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
sepals nearly as long as petals; notice the color of the anthers; similar species T. cernuum has pink rather than white anthers |