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| Characteristics: |
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Habitat: |
rich woods |
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Plant Height: |
30+ cm erect; greenish above, purplish near base; simple, from short horizontal rhizomes |
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Flower Color: |
red (maroon) |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; 3 recurved sepals; 3 petals, erect; 6 erect stamens, adnate at base of perianth; ovary superior, 3-sided but parted so appearing 6-angled with 3 locules; styles 3 |
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Inflorescence: |
solitary, sessile, terminal flower |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded berry |
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Leaves: |
entire; simple; whorls of 3 at apex of stem; short, distinct petiole; elliptic to ovate; mottled above |
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Bloom Time: |
April-May |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
petals yellow with age; sepals reflexed | |