Wildflowers Identified: Red Baneberry
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Red Baneberry has these characteristics:
- 4 petals
- 5 petals
- 6 petals
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- 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
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- irregular leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
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Eric Haines,
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