Habitat:

Swamps, marshes, wet grassy areas near ponds

Location relative to water:

Rooted underwater or onshore, emergent body

Range:

All eastern states up to Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and all southern states

Flowers:

• Yellow
• Composite
• 8 petals
• One large flower with two smaller flowers above uppermost leaves

Leaves:

• Opposite
• Smooth and stalkless
• Coarsely toothed
• Lance-shaped