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Distribution:  Minnesota to Quebec, south to Missouri, Georgia, and S. Carolina.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 3-8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   12-18 in. by 24 in.

Form:   Herbaceous rhizomatous perennial and wildflower.

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Stem/Bud:   Stems are stout, solitary, simple, unbranched, glabrous, erect and clump-forming.

Leaves:   Leaves are broadly ovate to diamond-shaped, pointed, 3-6 in. long and three in a whorl just below the flower.

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Flower:   Flowers are solitary, waxy, 2-4 in. wide, veined and white turning pink; flowering April, May, to June. Flowers have three obovate, 2-3 in. long, erect and spreading petals, and three green, lance-shaped, 1.5 in. long, pointed, spreading sepals on terminal scapes.

Fruit:   Fruit are ovate, 6-lobed, 3/4-1 in. wide, red-purple berries.

Uses:   Found in shaded wood edges or stream banks. Use in woodland or wildflower gardens. Once used medicinally for treating eyes. Used as cooked greens.

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Culture:   Grow in part-shade in moist, well-drained, organic soil.

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Notes:    Flowers turn from white to pinkish with age.

Notes 2:   Native to Michigan.

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