Part of
barberry family Berberidaceae.
Native to southeast 🇨🇦 Canada and eastern 🇺🇸 USA.
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Only visible early in the growing season, in a forest, with one or two large ╤ horizontal ♧ lobed leaves, knee- to boot-top-high. If the plant has two leaves, it may then have a single white blossom or green fruit, hidden under the leaves. Plants always seems to grow in a group.