Can form a wonderful ground cover under open deciduous woods. Full to partial shade. Small and delicate pale yellow sepals spotted with purple which hang singly or in pairs from the ends of usually forked stems. Click for photo Leaves at base and on stem are narrow and have shallow lobes. Each flowerhead has white ray flowers surrounding a center of yellow disk flowers.
Soil needs low to rich organic content and average moisture.
Readily self-seeds, and seedlings can be easily transplanted. Divide in spring or fall. A creeping vine-like plant with small evergreen leaves in pairs, the shining roundish blades on stalks. The fragrant white tubular flowers are in pairs at the ends of the branches. The petals are hairy on the inside.