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Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea quadrisulcata		  
Family Evening Primrose (Onagraceae)
Bloom Summer
Habitat Wet woods
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 1-2 feet
Flower Flowers are small, white, sparsely scattered on upright, multiple flowerstalks from a single stem. The 2 petals are deeply notched and seem to appear as 4. 
Leaf Leaves are simple, toothed, egg-shaped with pointed tips and occur opposite on long leafstalks.
Notes Fruit is a bristly bur, which allows the seeds to "hitchhike" in the fur of animals or hiker's socks and pant legs.

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