Wildflowers Identified: Nightshade/Bittersweet

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Nightshade/Bittersweet has these characteristics:

• 5 petals
  
• tubular petals
  
• several flowers on stem
  
• 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
  
• blue to purple flower color
  
• blooms in May
  
• blooms in June
  
• blooms in July
  
• blooms in August
  
• blooms in September or later
  
• plant height two feet or more
  
• leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
  
• alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
  
• smooth leaf edges
  
• irregular leaf edge
  
• deeply cut leaf edge
  
• 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
  
• stem is hairy or spiny
  

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