Wildflowers Identified: Wild Cucumber/Balsam-Apple
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Wild Cucumber/Balsam-Apple has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- tubular petals
- single flower on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- 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
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- stem creeps or twines
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Eric Haines,
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