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| Characteristics: |
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Habitat: |
rich woods |
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Plant Height: |
10-30 cm |
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Flower Color: |
white, sometimes tinted pink |
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Flower: |
perfect; sepals minute; 4 petals; 1-2 cm long; outer pair of petals large and spurred; inner pair narrow; nectary spurs; flower heart shaped |
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Inflorescence: |
long raceme arising from bulb, arching at apex, glabrous |
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Fruit: |
capsule |
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Leaves: |
basal, long-petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets petiolulate, pinnately divided |
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Bloom Time: |
late April-early May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
much like D. Cucullaria except bulbets are fewer, about twice as large, pea-shaped and yellow giving them the appearance of a kernel of corn; flowers are fragrant; both species are poisonous to grazing cattle | |