Wildflowers Identified: Storksbill/Alfilaria
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Storksbill/Alfilaria has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches 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
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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