Flower Notes:
Red-Violet (Beautiful, 5" dia. flowers with large, showy reddish-purple sepals that sometimes have a red band running down the center; summer)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green to blue-green summer foliage; no appreciable fall color change)
Fruit Notes:
White (Interesting achene wth a long, persistent style covered in long, silky hairs)
Soil Notes:
Prefers cool, moist, well-drained soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves simple, opposite, pinnately compound, the upper ones often simple (2-4.5" long), and cordate at base.
