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help identify small white flower
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Posted by georgiapeach1974 NJ Highlands (My Page) on Tue, May 6, 08 at 22:54
| I have been trying for weeks to identify a small white flower I have seen naturalized all over the lawns and roadsides of Hunterdon Co. It's a bulb, it grows about 4 inches high, it has two symmetric leaves that are like minature tulip leaves, and it produces four or five small, white, bell-shaped flowers that nod down from the top of the stem. They alternate on the stem and have faint pink lines inside the cup. I have ruled out windflower, which someone suggested. It could be something in the snowdrop family, I guess. Can anyone help? |
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| I agree with Birdgardner that it's Spring Beauty. |
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| I think that's it! Ironically, I don't think I've ever seen the flower open, pointing up, but only hanging down. Goes to show how much shade we get around here. FYI, the scientific name is Claytonia virginica. Thanks for your help, everyone! |
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