Wildflowers Identified: Dwarf Ginseng
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Dwarf Ginseng has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
- compound leaves are palmate - leaflets or lobes fan from one point
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Eric Haines,
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