Description ²

• Flower: Green elongated cluster
• Leaves: hairless, shallowly scalloped around the edge, lateral veins nearly perpendicular to midvein. Basal leaves; lance-oblong, 1-2+ feet long and to 3 inches wide, flat to slightly wavy, become smaller and more crinkled around the edge towards top of plant
• Fruit/Seed: seed, wrapped in dry brown “wing”
• Height: 3-6 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: fens, seeps, shores, stream banks, marshes, wet ditches, swales

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jean-François Roch, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jean-François Roch
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
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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