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Photographer: Kitty Kohout
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Family Santalaceae
Geocaulon lividum (Richardson) Fernald
false toadflax, northern comandra
Geocaulon: Greek geo for earth and caulos for "stem of plant," referring to long slightly subterranean but scarcely modified stems
lividum: lead colored
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall forb |
| Flower: | greenish to purple, 5-parted, 1/8" wide, tepals triangular; inflorescence of usually 3 flowers per cyme-like cluster from the upper leaf axils, side flowers often drop leaving only the center one to mature; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | orange to red, juicy berry |
| Leaf: | elliptical to oval; 1/2"-1 1/2"; tip blunt to rounded |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs, and cold, conifer woods |
| (Glossary) |
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