Wildflowers Identified: Harbinger-of-Spring/Pepper-and-Salt
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Harbinger-of-Spring/Pepper-and-Salt 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
- blooms in April or earlier
- plant height one foot or less
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- deeply cut 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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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org