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flower |
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Habitat: |
moist woods |
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Plant Height: |
10-20 cm, erect stem |
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Flower Color: |
yellow |
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Flower: |
3 yellow sepals; 3 yellow petals; sepals and petals reflexed; 6 stamens, adnate base of petals and sepals, anthers yellow; stigma white, 3 styles; ovary superior; 2.5 cm wide |
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Inflorescence: |
single terminal flower |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded capsule |
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Leaves: |
2 basal leaves mottled with red/brown; single leaves on non-flowering plants |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
extensively colonial; in Central Indiana the Erythronium are usually finished blooming by the third week of April; see also E. albidum | |