Wildflowers Identified: Celandine-Poppy/Wood-Poppy
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Celandine-Poppy/Wood-Poppy has these characteristics:
- 4 petals
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- 2 inches or more flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
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Eric Haines,
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