Description ²

• Flower: White elongated cluster
• Leaves: oppositely arranged, pairs at right angles to the pair below, up to 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, toothed around edges, narrowly to broadly egg-shaped to oblong, tapering to point at tip, on a stalk 1 to 2 inches long
• Fruit/Seed: 2-chambered capsule, small, teardrop shaped, densely covered in hooked hairs
• Height: 1-2 feet
• Flowering: June - August
• Habitat: moist woods, thickets

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Chris Bainbridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/99317668@N00/2669189584
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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