This section is from the book "How To Know The Wild Flowers", by Frances Theodora (William Starr Dana). Also available from Amazon: How To Know The Wild Flowers.
Scapes. - One to three inches high. Leaves. - All from the root, oblong or lance-shaped. Flowers. - White, with two-cleft petals. Pod. - Flat, varying from oval to oblong, lance-shaped.
This little plant may be found flowering along the roadsides and in sandy places during April and May. It has come to us from Europe.
 
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