| Plant Habit: | Tree Grass/Grass-like |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 2 |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Broadleaf |
| Fruit: | Showy Indehiscent |
| Fruiting Time: | Spring Late fall or early winter |
| Flowers: | Blooms on new wood |
| Flower Color: | Mauve |
| Flower Time: | Summer Winter |
| Inflorescence Type: | Panicle |
| Uses: | Vegetable Good as a cover crop |
| Pollinators: | Beetles Moths and Butterflies Flies Birds |
| Miscellaneous: | Dioecious |
| Conservation status: | Extinct in the Wild (EW) |
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