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Circaea alpina L.                          Enchanter's Nightshade

Plant 1-5 dm tall, upper part of stems with white hairs; stem from a small tuber; leaves ovate, nearly entire or slightly denticulate, 3.5-6 cm long, truncate or occasionally cordate at the base; petioles 1/3 as long to as long as the blades; flowers minute, 2.5-3 mm long, sometimes pinkish in the bud, mostly white; fruit white hairy; in moist shady woods, common.  Often a troublesome garden weed.

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