Wildflowers Identified: Lesser Stitchwort
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Lesser Stitchwort has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- several flowers on stem
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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