Illustrator: Linny Heagy

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Annuals or biennials (perennials with mild winters), 4–70 cm. Stems loosely strigose to sparsely hirsute, hirsuto-villous, or villous. Leaves: basal commonly withering by flowering, cauline faces sparsely hirsute to villous. 2n = 18.

Phenology: Flowering (Feb–)Mar–Jun(–Aug, in ne United States, Canada, and high elevations).
Habitat: Openings and margins of woods, marsh edges, creek sides, fields, roadsides, ditch banks, lawns, and other open, disturbed sites
Elevation: 20–2900 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Ala., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Oreg., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis., Wyo., introduced in Europe, Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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