Wildflowers Identified: Hoary Puccoon
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Hoary Puccoon has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- tubular petals
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org