General Description: : This is a low-growing plant that spreads by subsurface stems (rhizomes) and stoloniferous shoots. The leaves are heart-shaped, deeply 3-5 lobed, toothed on the margins, hairy, 1.5-2.75in (3.5-7cm) wide and 1.3-2.0in (3-5cm) long, and are attached to the stem by long hairy petioles. The flowers are borne on long stalks that equal or exceed the leaves. The five bright yellow petals are shorter than the sepals, and the numerous stamens (50 or more) make the flowers somewhat showy. The fruit is an achene. Flowering period is from April through June with fruiting in the summer. Currently listed as a Federal Candidate species.

General Habitat:Found in rocky, acidic woods along streams with mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia); also in drier, upland oak- hickory-pine woods.

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