Flower Notes:
Yellow (Flowers are fragrant, but inconspicuous; appear on cymes in summer; flower bract is of visual interest; attract bees)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Handsome deep green summer foliage); Yellow (Poor yellow-green fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Nutlet with bract)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained, fertile, and alkaline soils, but is widely adaptable
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The heart-shaped leaves are alternate, simple, 2-4" long and wide, finely serrated, and cordate at base. The 2-3" long, pale greenish-yellow bracts have brown pubescent nutlets. Stems are a pale red-brown on the upper surface and green-yellow on the bottom.