Wildflowers Identified: Early Buttercup
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Early Buttercup has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- 6 petals
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- 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