| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Dry Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
| Plant Height: | 4 inch |
| Plant Spread: | 6 inch |
| Leaves: | Deciduous Spring ephemeral |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Lavender |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" 2"-3" |
| Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Fall |
| Inflorescence Height: | 4 inch |
| Foliage Mound Height: | 2 inch |
| Underground structures: | Corm |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Other: Toxic if ingested |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: Soak seeds and warm stratification, then cool Other info: Very difficult from seed Different species require different conditions. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Offsets |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| MrsBinWY | On May 27, 2023 | Transplanted On 5-27-2023, planted out in back rain garden near 'Eleanor Roosevelt' iris. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 9, 2022 | Plant emerged On 4-9-2022, 11 single leaves up 1-4". Milk jug spent another winter on the back patio. The tallest leaf does not look good at all after the temps went to 5 degrees on 4-12/13-2022. Hope it recovers. Noticed on 5-1-2022 that it had sent up a second leaf. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 28, 2019 | Seeds germinated 1; 2 up on 5-12-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On January 21, 2018 | Seeds sown 12 seeds (all) from Lalambchop1; 8 weeks warm, then cool/cold for germination |
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