Wildflowers Identified: Yellow Wood-Sorrel
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Yellow Wood-Sorrel has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in May
- 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
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- 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,
erich@acm.org