Wildflowers Identified: Dutchman's-Pipe
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Dutchman's-Pipe has these characteristics:
- 3 petals
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- single flower on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- stem creeps or twines
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Eric Haines,
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