The flowers are clustered at the terminal bud of the plant and are white with purple stripes.

[3] The flowers of G. villosa make this plant easy to identify because of their defined purple stripes.

The states that G. villosa can be found in are AL, DC, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV.

Of these eighteen states four of them IN, PA, OH, and MD have listed G. villosa as an endangered species.

[4] As the common name Sampson's snakeroot indicates, G. villosa is thought to aid in the relief of snakebites.