| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) |
| Plant Height: | a few inches to 5 feet |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Other: rodents |
| Fruiting Time: | Other: ripens indeterminately |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Medicinal Herb Cooked greens Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves Seeds or Nuts |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Other Beneficial Insects: Various |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: 30 - 190 days in moist peat or sand; will germinate 10 - 14 days after planting under greenhouse conditions Depth to plant seed: 0.125 inches to 0.25 inches (3 to 6 mm) Sow in situ Other info: If sowing in situ; do so in late fall so they get natural cold stratification |
| Pollinators: | Self Wasps Moths and Butterflies Bumblebees Bees Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
