icubudwana
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Small, hardy bulb with broad, oval leaves tightly appressed to the ground, often with purple spots. Bears open, cup-shaped, greenish to purple flowers on short stalks in spring.
Insects:Flowers visited by bees, butterflies, solitary bees, and other small insects.Wildlife:Eaten by porcupines.Soil:Not a nitrogen fixer.Ecosystem Services:Soil stabilizer, supports pollinators.
Cup-shaped flowers attract generalist insect pollinators; seeds possibly water-dispersed after storms.
Not documented
Sow fresh seed in sandy mix; germinates in 2 – 4 weeks.
By division of bulbs.
Used for pregnancy, diarrhoea, influenza, backache, wounds, and skin irritations; toxic to sheep.
