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Compact growth with thickish, heart- shaped, glossy leaves with a shallow toothed margin. Flowers with 5 to 9, bright yellow, glistening sepals (lacks petals) and many stamens and pistils.

(Photographed at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden - May 8, 2002)

A spring blooming herb of swamps and other wet places (1 to 2 feet tall).