Wildflowers Identified: Partridge-Pea
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Partridge-Pea has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- 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
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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