Wildflowers Identified: Starflower
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Starflower has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- 6 petals
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- tubular petals
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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