Sparsely hairy or glabrate, to 8 dm; lfls 10-25 pairs, 1-2 cm, ovate-oblong; pet usually 6, white, 5-9 mm; frs straight, pubescent; 2n=14, 16. Native of Eurasia, occasionally escaped from cult. in e. U.S. May-July. (F. hexapetala)

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