Wildflowers Identified: Spotted Wintergreen
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Spotted Wintergreen has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem creeps or twines
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Eric Haines,
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