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

Habitat: Streambanks, pond and lakeshores and other wet places.

Flowers: May-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies

Somewhat pubescent annual with an erect, freely-branched stem 3-6 dm. tall.

Leaf blades on short petioles, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 6-15 cm. long and about 3.5 cm. broad, covered with short, appressed to somewhat woolly hairs; stipules brownish, truncate with straight hairs around the top, but not lacerate, the tube not bristly.

Inflorescence a loose panicle of several erect to pendant, many-flowered, spike-liked racemes, the branches glandular; perianth white or green to pink, the segments 4 or 5, the outer pair obovate, 2.5 mm. long, strongly 3-nerved.

Achene lenticular, 2-3 mm. long, ovate, dark brown, smooth and shining.