Wildflowers Identified: Carrion-Flower
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Carrion-Flower has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem creeps or twines
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Eric Haines,
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