Intro: Erect biennial/short-lived perennial of sandhills, sand rims of Carolina bays, dolomitic glades and woodlands, dunes, road banks and other disturbed areas.

Stems: Stems simple, leafy and hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded, to 1 1/4 in. long, pinnately divided into thread-like segments with bristle tips.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in tall, leafy-bracted, terminal raceme; bright red (rarely yellow); to 1 1/2 in. long; long-tubular with 5 spreading, pointed lobes making a star at the tube opening; yellow dotted with red inside the tube.

Fruits:

Comments: This species has spread from cultivation in areas to the north.

Height: 2-6 ft.

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description: Erect biennial/short-lived perennial of sandhills, sand rims of Carolina bays, dolomitic glades and woodlands, dunes, road banks and other disturbed areas.

stems: Stems simple, leafy and hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded, to 1 1/4 in. long, pinnately divided into thread-like segments with bristle tips.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in tall, leafy-bracted, terminal raceme; bright red (rarely yellow); to 1 1/2 in. long; long-tubular with 5 spreading, pointed lobes making a star at the tube opening; yellow dotted with red inside the tube.

fruits:

comments: This species has spread from cultivation in areas to the north.

cultural notes:

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native range: southeastern United States