Wildflowers Identified: Bunchflower
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Bunchflower has these characteristics:
- 6 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
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- whitish flower color
- yellow to orange flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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