| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
| Plant Height: | 18 to 27 inches (45-70 cm) |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 16 inches (30-40cm) |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Semi-evergreen |
| Fruiting Time: | Spring Summer Fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Yellow |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring Summer Fall Late fall or early winter |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Tolerates dry shade |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous Fruit is poisonous Other: Very bitter, with yellow to orange latex |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: see below Needs specific temperature: see below Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting Other info: Cover the seeds very thin, sow at 18°-22°C for 4 weeks, move to -4 C°- +4 C° for 6 weeks,move to 10 C°. for germination, or wintersow. |
| Pollinators: | Self Beetles Flies Bees |
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| Double by Cyclaminist | May 11, 2016 12:47 AM | 3 |
