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Distribution:  Hybrid.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 3-9       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   6-18 in. by 6-12 in.

Form:   Herbaceous rhizomatous perennial hybrid.

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Stem/Bud:   Flowering stems are slender, wiry, leafless but sometimes with one or two leaves and clump-forming.

Leaves:   Leaves are in low basal rosettes. Leaves are green with black-purple center splotches and black stripes, palmate, dentately serrated, long-petioled and have finger-like-lobes.

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Flower:   Flowers are white, fragrant, small (1/4 in. wide), bell-shaped, 5-lobed, 5-sepaled, 5-petaled with claws and terminally clustered on 6-9 in. long, bottlebrush-like racemes; flowering April, May, to June.

Fruit:   Fruit are paired, 1/4 in. long capsules with few seeds.

Uses:   Use as groundcover or specimens in shady woodland, wildflower, perennial or rock gardens.

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Culture:   Grow in part-shade to shade in moist, organic, well-drained soil.

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