• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, ¼-2 inches long, white with red/yellow/purple/brown tips
• Leaves: narrowly oval, 1-3 ½ inches long, 2-6 times longer than wide, widest above the middle, edges often rolled under or wavy, underside densely covered in wooly hairs
• Bark: young branches densely hairy
• Fruit/Seed: elongated cluster of capsules that are 3/16-1/2 inch long, yellow-red when mature, covered in woolly hairs
• Height: 1-10 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: prairies, savannas, dunes, bluffs, rock outcrops