Wildflowers Identified: Common Wood-Sorrel
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Common Wood-Sorrel has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- single flower on stem
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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