Flower/fruit:
1 to 2 inch funnel-shaped yellow flowers on leafy raceme; five flaring
lobes at tip
Flowering
Season: Summer into early fall
Foliage:
1.5 to 4 inch opposite, lanceolate
to ovate, mostly untoothed leaves; lower leaves are deeply lobed
or in smooth, pointed, cleft segments; smooth stem covered with
a bloom - may be purple
Site:
Woods, thickets
Comments:
Partially parasitic upon
roots of white oaks; attracts bees and butterflies