Wildflowers Identified: Yellow Pimpernel

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Yellow Pimpernel 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
  
• yellow to orange flower color
  
• blooms in May
  
• blooms in June
  
• blooms in July
  
• plant height one foot to two feet
  
• plant height two feet or more
  
• leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
  
• alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
  
• smooth leaf edges
  
• leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
  
• irregular leaf edge
  
• branched leaf veins
  
• compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
  
• compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
  
• stem is hairy or spiny
  

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