Alternate name: Woodland Pinkroot

Family: Loganiaceae, Logania view all from this family

Description Trumpet-shaped flowers, red outside and yellow inside, are in a narrow, one-sided, curving terminal cluster.
Flowers: 1" (2.5 cm) wide, with a narrow tube and 5 sharp-pointed lobes; stamens 5, protruding.
Leaves: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long, opposite, ovate to lanceolate-ovate, stalkless.
Height: 1-2' (30-60 cm).

Warning Sometimes used medicinally, this plant can be poisonous in high quantities. Sensitivity to a toxin varies with a person’s age, weight, physical condition, and individual susceptibility. Children are most vulnerable because of their curiosity and small size. Toxicity can vary in a plant according to season, the plant’s different parts, and its stage of growth; and plants can absorb toxic substances, such as herbicides, pesticides, and pollutants from the water, air, and soil.

Flower March-June.

Habitat Moist woods.

Range Maryland south to Florida; west to Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Discussion This plant does very well in gardens. It blooms from the bottom upward and the flowering season can be prolonged by removing the flowers as they wither.