Underside of hindwing has finely-patterned green marbling. Only one egg is laid per host plant, singly on a flower stalk.
Caterpillars feed on buds, flowers, and seed pods.
One flight from March-June. Flower nectar including flowers of mustards, violets, and others. Open, wet woods along waterways, open swamps, occasionally dry woods and ridgetops. Southern New England southwest to south Texas, north to eastern Oklahoma and Kansas. Local populations or strays to Florida panhandle, eastern Nebraska, and southern Wisconsin.