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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mountain forests, particularly in rocky woodlands or forests on or near ridgetops under northern red oak at about 1000 to 1500 m elevation, sometimes at lower elevations (down to at least 700 m) and under Quercus montana, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (2, rarely 3), scapose but appearing leafy-stemmed from sheathing petioles

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals almost completely connate, perianth campanulate
6 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Orange
Berry

 

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