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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Onagraceae
Circaea alpina L. subsp. alpina
alpine enchanter's-nightshade, northern enchanter's-nightshade, small enchanter's-nightshade
Circaea: after Circe, the enchantress
alpina: of alps, mountains
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall forb; stems weak, soft; from rhizomes with tuberous thickening at the end |
| Flower: | white to pinkish, 2-parted, 1/8"-3/16" wide, petals deeply notched almost to the middle; inflorescence with open, stalked flowers (usually less than 15) bunched at the top of a cluster, elongating to 4" in fruit; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | capsule with 1 chamber and 1 seed |
| Leaf: | opposite, stalked, thin, oval, 3/4"-2 1/3" long, usually more than half as wide as long, sharp-pointed |
| Habitat: | moist to wet; woods, bogs |
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