Wildflowers Identified: Goat's-Rue
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Goat's-Rue has these characteristics:
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- 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
- pink to red flower color
- yellow to orange flower color
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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