Wildflowers Identified: Water-Plantain
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Water-Plantain has these characteristics:
- 3 petals
- several flowers on stem
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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