Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Northwest Territories to Oregon, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Moist woods, lake, pond, and stream edges, and other wetland areas at low elevations.

Flowers: July-October

Origin: Introduced; not native west of the Rocky Mountains

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees

Glabrous, succulent annual, the stems freely branched, 2-6 dm. tall.

Leaves alternate, occasionally opposite towards the base of plant, the petioles 2-4 cm. long, the blades elliptic-ovate, 3-12 cm. long, the rounded, serrate teeth tipped with a sharp point.

Flowers in twos, 20-25 mm. long, yellow, spotted or mottled with orange, sometimes so heavily mottled that the flower appears orange; at the orifice, narrowed gradually to the strongly recurved, 6-10 mm. spur; lateral sepals smaller; petals 5, the upper one notched at the tip, the lateral ones much smaller, in unequal pairs.

Capsule 5-celled