Wildflowers Identified: Crown-Vetch/Axseed/Coronilla
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Crown-Vetch/Axseed/Coronilla 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)
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 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
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot to two feet
- plant height two feet or more
- 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
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Eric Haines,
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