Species information
Description
A delicate plant with repeatedly divided leaves and spurred flowers in terminal racemes. An early spring woodland geophyte with entire floral bracts and a tuber that becomes hollow in older plants.
Plant traits
Growth form
geophyte / forb
Typical season
Timing varies with site and year.
Habitat conditions
Habitat
forest · forest edge
Pollination
insect pollination
Interesting facts
The hollow tuber is not a fresh annual bulb: it develops gradually as the underground storage organ ages.
LifeSystems