Habitat: Smaller Enchanter's Nightshade is found in cool woods.
Similar Species: Enchanter's Nightshade is a similar species, but larger. The outer margin of the leaf is not as heavily toothed and the base of the leaf is not indented.
Lucas Land
Dwarf Enchanter's Nightshade
Circaea alpina
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Identification: Flowers small, white with 2 notched petals and 2 downward bent sepals. Fruit ovate with hooked spines. Leaves in opposite pairs, ovoid, tapering to a sharp tip and with their bases usually slightly indented. Outer margin of leaf sharply toothed. Plant 3 to 8 inches in height.
Distribution: Labrador to Alaska and southward to the northeastern and western United States. Occurs further south in the mountains to Georgia. Also inhabits northern Europe and Asia.
Flowering period: July to September.