Intro: Erect perennial with a somewhat woody base, found in wet to dry fields, woodlands, woodland borders and openings.

Stems: Stems branched above, reddish and smooth but covered with tiny, black dots.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, blunt tipped, with conspicuous black dots.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers at the ends of multiple short, ascending branches at top of plant; bright yellow; 3/8-5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals that are conspicuously streaked and spotted with black, 5 shorter sepals, and an erect cluster of bushy stamens and styles in the center.

Fruits: Fruit a reddish, erect, oval capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial with a somewhat woody base, found in wet to dry fields, woodlands, woodland borders and openings.

stems: Stems branched above, reddish and smooth but covered with tiny, black dots.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong, 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. long, blunt tipped, with conspicuous black dots.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers at the ends of multiple short, ascending branches at top of plant; bright yellow; 3/8-5/8 in. wide; consisting of 5 petals that are conspicuously streaked and spotted with black, 5 shorter sepals, and an erect cluster of bushy stamens and styles in the center.

fruits: Fruit a reddish, erect, oval capsule with 3 persistent styles.

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native range: eastern North America