Scientific Name
Jeffersonia diphylla

Common Name
Twinleaf

Life Cycle: Perennial


Height: 5 to 10 inches
Flower/fruit: 1 inch single white flower atop a leafless stalk; 4 early falling sepals and 8 petals
Flowering Season: Late spring to early summer
Foliage: 3 to 6 inch basal long-stemmed leaves parted lengthwise into two wings
Site: Rich, damp, open woods
Comments: --
 
 

List by Scientific Name | List by Common Name



Prepared by: Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist

Web Design by: Christa Johnson
Web Updates by: Ebony McLeod and Heather Monroe

© 2000-2004 NC State University
Images © by Erv Evans