Family | Lily (Liliaceae) |
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Bloom | Spring |
Habitat | Moist deciduous or conifer forest |
Status | Native |
Cycle | Perennial |
Height | 2-8″ |
Flower | Small delicate spike cluster of white flowers on a stalk up to 3″ tall. Each individual flower is about 1/6″ wide made up of 2 petals and 2 petal-like sepals which give the appearance of 4 petals. |
Leaf | Leaves are heart-shaped and partially surrounds the stem with veins that are parallel and extended from the base to tip. |
Notes | Typically found in large mats connected by an underground root system (rhizome). The stem is often zig-zag going back and forth between alternating leaves. |