Wildflowers Identified: Violet Wood-Sorrel
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Violet Wood-Sorrel has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- 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
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org