Branching pattern/leaf arrangement: petiolate, alternate, compound
Leaf shape: obovate
Leaf margins: entire, but leaf apice is serrate
Inflorescence: pannicle
Ovary position: inferior, epigenous, hypanthium present
Floral part number: 5 petals, 15-20 stamens, 1 pistil, 5 sepals
Symmetry: zygomorphic
Fusion: apopetalous, aposepalous
Placentation: axile
Vestiture: pubescent on leaf margins and petiole
Woody stem
oppositely arranged leaves
sessile
usually 5, up to 7 petals
5 sepals
many stamen
many carpels
superior ovary
Seasonally wet meadow, Army Corps of Engineers conservation land
Lots of these plants growing in the exposed areas around the reservoir with low water level.