| Description | A large plant found growing in sun to semi-shaded moist areas. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | sun, mostly sunny, partial shade |
| Moisture | moist |
| Soil & Site | moist, rich |
| Flowers | white, compound flat umbel, 15-30 small umblets |
| Fruit | flattened heart shaped pod, green to brown as it ripens |
| Leaves | palmately compound in 3's, softly hairy, may have an enlarged papery base, clasps the stem |
| Stems | stout, single, hollow |
| Dimensions | 3-10 feet tall depending on site |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Was widely used by Natives as a vegetable. They ate the peeled stalks raw. Contact with the plant can cause skin irritation to sum people. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this many times in the wild. It can become a very large plant in rich moist sites. |
| Notes & Reference | #65-North Woods Wildflowers (Doug Ladd) , #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #191-Minnesota Wild Flowers (www.minnesotawildflowers.info) |
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