Wildflowers Identified: Dutchman's-Breeches
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Dutchman's-Breeches has these characteristics:
- tubular petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- 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
- pink to red flower color
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
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Eric Haines,
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