Habitat:

Bogs, swamps, marshes

Location relative to water:

Rooted onshore

Range:

Along Atlantic coast and around Great Lakes

Stems:

• Upright
• 30-60 cm long (12-24 inches)
• Mostly unbranched
• Red
• Smooth

Leaves:

• Upper leaves oval to ovate, 3-6 cm long (1-2 inches); pinnately veined, rounded at tip
• Lower leaves heart-shaped and clasping; dark dots and transparent glands on bottom

Flowers:

• Grow in clusters at ends of stems and in leaf axils
• Pink to green-purple
• Sepals 0.3-0.5 cm long (0.1-0.2 inches)

Fruit:

• Purple cylindrical capsule
• 0.7-1.2 cm long (0.3-0.5 inches)