Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, also in eastern North America.

Habitat: Lowland forest understory, often where disturbed.

Flowers: April-June

Origin: Introduced from Eurasia

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees

Creeping perennial, the stems 2-4 dm. tall, hairy throughout, with a strong odor, and with long, leafy stolons, not rooting at the nodes.

Leaves opposite, narrow to broadly lanceolate, petiolate, prominently veined.

Flowers in whorls at the base of upper leaves; calyx deeply divided, the lobes long and narrow, tapering to a point; corolla yellow, highly irregular, bilabiate, 4-lobed, the upper lip hooded, the lower lip with red-brown streaks; stamens 4, nearly included in the hooded, upper lip.

Nutlets 4.