This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Gerardia pedicularia. Figwort Family. Aug. - Sept.
A plant 1 - 3 feet high, found in borders of dry woods, thickets. Maine to Ontario, Minnesota, and West Virginia.
Yellow, bell-shaped, with 5 spreading, rounded lobes, 1 inch or more across, somewhat finely hairy.
Fern-like, deeply cut into many toothed lobes. Plant stem leafy, branching, somewhat sticky-hairy.
 
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