Wildflowers Identified: Pasqueflower
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Pasqueflower 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
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- 2 inches or more flower width
- whitish flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- 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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