Flower Notes:
Purple (Flowers with beautiful violet purple sepals (4-7" dia.) in early summer)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Clasping summer foliage; no fall color (brown))
Fruit Notes:
Cream (Interesting achene wth a long, persistent style covered in long, silky hairs)
Soil Notes:
Prefers cool, moist, well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves simple, opposite, pinnately compound, the upper ones often simple (2-4.5" long), and cordate at base. Some pubescence usually occurs on lower surface.