Wildflowers Identified: Gray-Headed or Prairie Coneflower

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Gray-Headed or Prairie Coneflower has these characteristics:

• in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
  
• 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 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)
  
• leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
  
• alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
  
• smooth leaf edges
  
• leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
  
• irregular leaf edge
  
• deeply cut leaf edge
  
• branched leaf veins
  
• simple leaves about as long as wide
  
• simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
  
• simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
  
• compound leaves are pinnate - leaflets arranged along a midrib
  
• stem is hairy or spiny
  

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