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| bloodroot |
a North American spring wildflower that bears a single white flower and has a fleshy red root that yields a toxic red sap. |
| green dragon |
a wildflower of eastern North America that bears tiny flowers at the base of a long thin spike surrounded by narrow leaves. |
| heath aster |
a North American wildflower that grows in dry fields and bears small white flowers. |
| herb Paris |
a European woodland wildflower related to the lily and similar to the trillium, but having four leaves and bearing a four-part, yellow-green flower. |
| jack-in-the-pulpit |
a North American wildflower having a single vertical spike with a green and purple sheath that forms a hood over its top. |
| maravilla |
a leafy wildflower having fragrant, tubular, evening-blooming flowers ranging in color from white to deep pink and found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to Mexico. |
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