Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, wastelots, and disturbed areas.

Flowers: June-September

Origin: Introduced from Europe

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees

Foul-smelling, glabrous perennial from creeping roots, the stems 2-8 dm. tall, usually unbranched.

Leaves alternate, numerous, linear, 2-10 cm. long and 1-5 mm. wide.

Inflorescence a dense raceme, becoming elongate; calyx 5-lobed to the base; corolla bright light-yellow, 2-3.5 cm. long including the well-developed, nearly straight spur, bi-labiate, the lower lip raised and covered with orange hairs; stamens 4.

Capsule broadly cylindric, 1 cm. long.