Wildflowers Identified: Yellow Wild Licorice
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Yellow Wild Licorice has these characteristics:
- 4 petals
- tubular petals
- several flowers on stem
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem is square
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Eric Haines,
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