| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5b -26.1 °C (-15 °F) to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 4 ft |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Broadleaf Other: Bottoms of leaves covered in pale fawn to pale brown indumentum (fuzz) |
| Fruit: | Other: Pod with many tiny seeds |
| Fruiting Time: | Fall |
| Flowers: | Showy Other: Petal edges are ruffled |
| Flower Color: | Green Pink Purple Other: Greenish spots on upper part of throat |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Uses: | Cut Flower |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip Layering Other: Tissue Culture |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees |
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