Intro: Erect perennial found in bogs, seepages, on stream banks and other wet places, often growing in Sphagnum.

Stems: Stems several from a single crown, sometimes reclining at the base, narrowly ribbed, much branched.

Leaves: Leaves opposite on lower half of stem and alternate above (sometimes all opposite), sessile, ascending-erect, narrowly elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers on stalks from nodes on the widely ascending, ribbed branches; each flower pale yellow, about 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals and 5 smaller sepals.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, round, slightly flattened capsule.

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Height: 1-4 ft.

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description: Erect perennial found in bogs, seepages, on stream banks and other wet places, often growing in Sphagnum.

stems: Stems several from a single crown, sometimes reclining at the base, narrowly ribbed, much branched.

leaves: Leaves opposite on lower half of stem and alternate above (sometimes all opposite), sessile, ascending-erect, narrowly elliptic, to 1 1/2 in. long, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers on stalks from nodes on the widely ascending, ribbed branches; each flower pale yellow, about 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, oval petals and 5 smaller sepals.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, round, slightly flattened capsule.

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