Taxonomy
Family: Adoxaceae
Habitat
Moist, often mossy places in forested regions; in NY occurs on rocks at high elevation where cool air accumulates.
Associates
Distribution
Circumboreal, south in North America to southern MN, WI, northern IL, northern IA, and Delaware County, NY.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial 5-20 cm; basal leaves with long petioles, ternate, the primary divisions discrete, again 1-2-ternate or parted, ultimate segments broad, thin, round-toothed and mucronate; cauline leaves similar but smaller and less dissected, often borne a little above the middle of the shoot; corolla yellow-green, 5-8 mm wide.
Notes
Flowers May to July
Wetland indicator: FAC
Plants have a musky odor. Difficult to identify when not in flower.
References
Gleason, Henry A.
and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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