Wildflowers Identified: Common or Tall Buttercup
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Common or Tall Buttercup has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- compound leaves are palmate - leaflets or lobes fan from one point
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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