| Type: | Shade |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Dry Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6a |
| Fruit: | Pops open explosively when ripe |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Fragrant |
| Flower Size: | 4"-5" 5"-6" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Winter |
| Uses: | Vegetable |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Other Beneficial Insects |
| Resistances: | Rabbit Resistant Tolerates dry shade |
| Toxicity: | Roots are poisonous Other |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide darkness: ftr reuavccoS enoowedns () Scarify seeds Needs specific temperature Start indoors: to 1 27 Can handle transplanting: 73muM ºF iomfin |
| Pollinators: | Other Hoverflies Beetles Flies Bumblebees |
| Conservation status: | Near Threatened (NT)
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