Description ²

• Flower: green elongated cluster
• Leaves: opposite, elliptic to lance shaped, 3 to 6 inches long and ½ to 1½ inches wide, with a long taper to the sharply pointed tip, the base tapering to rounded, often folded some lengthwise and arcing, edges sharply toothed, veins prominently sunken on upper surface and conversely raised below
• Fruit/Seed: flattened oval to egg-shaped seed, less than 1/16 inch long
• Height: 1-6 feet
• Flowering: June - August
• Habitat: moist fields, open woods, thickets, along shores, wet ditches

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Rob Curtis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rob Curtis
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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