Rhizomatous perennial. Stems prostrate and ascending, rooting at the nodes, often branched at the base, 3–40 cm. Herbage viscid-villous. Leaves petiolate, blades ovate, serrate, 1–6 cm long. Flowers: calyx 7–11 mm long, teeth acute, subequal; pedicel 1 to 2 times as long as calyx; corolla 12–24 mm long, light to dark yellow, bilabiate, palate bearded, purple-lined. Capsule 3–7 mm long. Wet forest openings, muddy soil of meadows or along streams, ponds; valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Wet forest openings, muddy soil of meadows or along streams, ponds; valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus bifarius,
Bombus centralis,
Bombus flavifrons, and
Bombus pensylvanicus (Thorp et al. 1983, Colla and Dumesh 2010).