Wildflowers Identified: Leather-Flower
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Leather-Flower has these characteristics:
- 4 petals
- tubular petals
- single flower on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- pink to red flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- 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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