[4] The leaves are widely spaced along the stem, alternate, and linear or narrowly elliptical.

[6] The plant is native to widespread areas of eastern North America.

It is native in the United States from New Mexico to the west, the Canadian border to the north, Texas to the south, and the coast to the east (except in Florida).

In Canada, it is native in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

[7] S. sanguinea is it generally found in wet, acidic soils in open areas such as prairies and fields.