Size: shrub, 3-4' average height and spread at maturity
Buds: very small, green-brown, 2 scales
Leaves: deciduous to semi-evergreen, opposite, simple, linear to oblanceolate, margins entire and irregular, apex bristle-tipped, bright green in spring, bluish-green in summer, glandular dots on upper surface, yellow-green in fall
Twigs: slender, angular, red-brown, upright spreading branches
Flowers: monoecious, bright yellow, 1-2" wide with a .75" mass of stamens at the center, 5 petals, solitary, bloom in June-July
Fruit: .5" long, broad base, 3 cells, red-brown to red-purple capsule, persists into spring
Bark: red-brown, exfoliating in shaggy, papery sheets
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