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habitat |
leaves |
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form |
flowers | |
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Habitat: |
rocks, cliffs and woods |
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Plant Height: |
10-20 cm, scrambling, creeping stems; fibrous roots |
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Flower Color: |
white |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; mostly with 4 petals; 4 sepals; sometimes 5 petals and 5 sepals; 1-1.5 cm wide; stamens typically twice as many as petals |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary |
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Fruit: |
follicular (resembles follicles); seeds numerous |
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Leaves: |
opposite to whorled in 3s or 4s; entire; succulents; oblanceolate to nearly linear |
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Bloom Time: |
May-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
plant likes to be cool and moist; attracts butterflies | |