Intro: Wiry, upright to ascending perennial of moist to dry forests.

Stems: Stems 4-angled, sometimes branched at the base, light green, sparsely hairy on angles.

Leaves: Leaves in whorls of 4, sessile, oval to lance-oval, to 2 in. long, with 3 prominent veins, sparsely hairy above and beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in a branched terminal cluster and sometimes also in smaller branched clusters from leaf axils; yellow-green to greenish-purple; less than ¼ in. wide; consisting of 4 spreading, pointed petals.

Fruits: Fruit a black or dark brown seed capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with curved bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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Height: 6-22 in.

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description: Wiry, upright to ascending perennial of moist to dry forests.

stems: Stems 4-angled, sometimes branched at the base, light green, sparsely hairy on angles.

leaves: Leaves in whorls of 4, sessile, oval to lance-oval, to 2 in. long, with 3 prominent veins, sparsely hairy above and beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in a branched terminal cluster and sometimes also in smaller branched clusters from leaf axils; yellow-green to greenish-purple; less than ¼ in. wide; consisting of 4 spreading, pointed petals.

fruits: Fruit a black or dark brown seed capsule composed of 2 round lobes covered with curved bristles and containing 1 seed per lobe.

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native range: eastern North America