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Habitat: |
moist or dry woods, prairies and meadows |
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Plant Height: |
20-50 cm |
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Flower Color: |
pink, sometimes white or lilac |
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Flower: |
nodding; long pediceled; 5 recurved petals; 5 protruding, yellow stamens, connate around ovary, ovary glabrous, ovules many, placentation free-central |
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Inflorescence: |
flat-topped umbel with long peduncle; +/- 10 flowers |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded capsule; dehiscent, opening lengthwise |
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Leaves: |
basal; spatulate |
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Bloom Time: |
May-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
pioneers called it Prairie Pointers; chief pollinators are bees which must force their way into united stamens to reach nectar
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