Habitat:
Height:
Flowers:
Blooms:
Feature:
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Woodland,
Up to 15 cms.
As a spring ephemeral plant, its life cycle exploits the
deciduous
woodland canopy, flowering at the time of maximum sunlight reaching the
forest floor, then completely dying back to its underground tuber after
flowering.
Winter.
All parts of the plant are poisonous when consumed by humans and other
mammals.
Specific cardiac glycosides present in E.hyemalis include
Eranthin
A and B, belonging to the same group found also in toad venom.
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