Flower/fruit:
10 to 17 white or pinkish outer petals surrounding yellow or red
disk flowers; straw-colored bracts are sharply pointed, layered
Flowering
Season: Summer to fall
Foliage:
Usually 10 to 20 leaves below
the flower cluster; tend to crowd toward the top of the stem; lower
leaves are small or absent at flowering; upper leaves have a few
sharp teeth
Site:
Cool woods and
slopes
Comments:
Spreads by underground runners
to form colonies