[5] Its native range extends from Ontario to Nova Scotia south to Georgia and Alabama.

They are nodding (hanging downward), yellow, orange or red, often with darker spots.

The plant has become less common in urban and suburban areas due to heavy browsing by the white-tailed deer.

The flower buds and roots traditionally gathered and eaten by North American indigenous peoples.

[8] It is listed Rare in Indiana, as Exploitably Vulnerable in New York (state), and as Threatened in Rhode Island and Tennessee.