Flower/fruit:
1-inch deep purple or purplish blue flowers clustered at the end
of stems; five sepals; upper sepal forms a rounded hood, concealing
part of two clawlike petals
Flowering
Season: Summer into fall
Foliage:
Up to 6-inch coarsely toothed
leaves with three to five lobes; similar to buttercup; slender,
weak branching stem
Site:
Moist, rich woods;
damp slopes, thickets
Comments:
Roots and seeds contain
poisonous alkaloides
