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Habitat: |
moist soils, disturbed areas, open fields or woods |
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Plant Height: |
almost 3' (1 m) tall; erect, single or multiple stems from the base |
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Flower Color: |
white to pink |
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Flower: |
composed of ray (outer-most) and disk (inner) flowers; ray flowers are 100 or more pistillate flowers per flower head; disk flowers can be up to 1 cm in radius, yellow at apex, stamens 5 |
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Inflorescence: |
loose cymose arrangement of flower heads terminating stems |
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Fruit: |
pubescent achene |
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Leaves: |
alternate; sessile; typically strigose to villous above and below |
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Bloom Time: |
April-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
some people can have a reaction after handling the plant; in the past, a tea was made from the plant to use as a diuretic and astringent |