| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Biennial |
| 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) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 24-36 inches |
| Leaves: | Malodorous Broadleaf |
| Fruit: | Other: 1 inch long urn-shaped pod covered in sticky hairs and containing numerous small seeds. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Multi-Color: 5 lobed, cream to dull greenish-yellow, purple veins and deep purple center. |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Humidity tolerant Salt tolerant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous Other: Seeds |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
