Flower Notes:
Purple (Deep, dark purple.)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green in summer.); Red (Brilliant red fall color)
Stem Notes:
Green (slender, glabrous, slight corky lines)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Crimson red capsules)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well drained soils, pH adaptable.
Range:
Eastern United states, north to Minnesota, and west to Texas
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are opposite, simple, elliptic, to ovate-elliptic, 1 1/2 to 5" long, 3/4 to 2 1/4" wide, acuminate, serrulate, dark green, pubescent beneath; petiole - 1/3 to 2/3" long. Buds are small, green tinged red, appressed, with 5 to 6 scales. Stems are slender, greenish, glabrous, usually more or less (mostly less) 4-angled, often with slight, corky lines. Fruit capsules are smooth, 3/5" diameter, deeply 4-lobed, and crimson when ripe. Seeds bright red and appear when capsules split open.
Indiana Native 
