Wildflowers Identified: Creeping Buttercup
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Creeping Buttercup has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- 6 petals
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
- stem creeps or twines
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org