Wildflowers Identified: Cow-Wheat
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Cow-Wheat has these characteristics:
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- several flowers on stem
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- yellow to orange flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- irregular leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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