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Part of barberry family Berberidaceae.
Native to southeast 🇨🇦 Canada and eastern 🇺🇸 USA. 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database) On a list as having most parts of the plant cause diarrhea and severe digestive upset.
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 (pointed down) or green (later yellow) fruit, hidden under the leaves. Plants always seems to grow in a group, apparently a clonal colony.
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