Characteristics: Herbaceous, perennial, persistent; large leaved. Flower: Large cream, pink or red flowers July-September. Fruit: Brown Capsule September-March Growth: Rate of spread slow. Height: 4-7’. Shade: Full sun – partial shade. Habitat: Fresh to brackish tidal marshes occasionally non-tidal marshes. Hydrology: Classified as an obligate wetland (OBL) plan; near MHW or regular inundation 0 -3”. Range: Native to Maryland; Massachusetts to Florida and Alabama, inland from western New York and southern Ontario to northern Illinois and Indiana. Comments: Vigorous plant that tolerates dry periods. Ruby-throated hummingbird is attracted to nectar.
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