Wildflowers Identified: Water or Purple Avens

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Water or Purple Avens has these characteristics:

• 5 petals
  
• several flowers on stem
  
• 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
  
• 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
  
• yellow to orange flower color
  
• brownish or greenish flower color
  
• blue to purple flower color
  
• blooms in May
  
• blooms in June
  
• blooms in July
  
• blooms in August
  
• plant height one foot to two feet
  
• plant height two feet or more
  
• leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
  
• leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
  
• alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
  
• 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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