Deciduous shrubs to 8 ft. Flowers (May) are scarlet, orange to pink, salmon and yellow. A heat-tolerant species with reddish-orange autumn leaves. Found at low elevations in the shade of red clay bluffs, open woods and on wooded slopes. Limited distribution in Georgia and South Carolina, SE USA.
1975/030 (speciosum) RG (+5). Collected wild on Pine Mountain, Georgia.
1976/286 (syn. speciosum) USNA (+5). Collected wild in Burke County, Georgia. Red-orange flowers.
Callaway Gardens (lost number) (“speciosum”) This is a beautiful form with orange (or red? – either clone is superb) flowers in late spring. These have a large and erect boss of stamens protruding upwards and out for a really unusual texture and a striking appearance that many visitors to the garden have commented upon. (+5\R1\4) RSBG(lost number)
