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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: fern like leaves
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Other: tubers
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Spring Fumewort

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Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: 2022-04-17
Location: Zone 5b, Chicago suburbs
Date: 2022-04-12
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2019-03-30
Beginning to open 3.28.19
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2021-03-27
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
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