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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Araliaceae
Panax trifolius L.
dwarf ginseng, groundnut
Panax: Greek for "all remedy" referring to ancient Chinese belief that the plant was a panacea
trifolius: three-leaved
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-8" tall forb; roots rounded |
| Flower: | white to pink, 5-parted; inflorescence a solitary, round umbel; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | yellow, berry-like |
| Leaf: | single whorl, finely toothed, palmately-divided into 3-5 stalkless leaflets |
| Habitat: | shade to partial-shade; woods, bottomlands; in rich soil |
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