| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 12 to 36 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 18 inches |
| Leaves: | Other: Blue-green palm-like leaves; leaf stems have nectar glands that attract bees, wasps, flies, and ants |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Pops open explosively when ripe Other: Pod: when ripe, dries up, turns dark brown, and seeds rattle inside; eventually it splits and catapults them out |
| Fruiting Time: | Fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall Fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Erosion control Will Naturalize Good as a cover crop |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Other Beneficial Insects: Wasps that eat garden pests, ants |
| Resistances: | Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant Salt tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: 10 days Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Other info: self seeds |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees Various insects |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| MrsBinWY | On April 25, 2019 | Potted up 8 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 27, 2019 | Seeds germinated 1 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 9, 2019 | Seeds sown chip, soak overnight, C(10), 10 seeds (all) gift from Prairie Moon; back to room temp on 3-20-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On April 15, 2017 | Potted up 4 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 8, 2017 | Seeds germinated |
| MrsBinWY | On February 5, 2017 | Seeds sown chipped seeds; 10 days in fridge per Prairie Moon (coffee filter); 12 seeds from EricaBraun |
| WebTucker | On October 7, 2021 | Bloomed |
