Wildflowers Identified: Yellow Goat's-Beard/Salisify
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Yellow Goat's-Beard/Salisify has these characteristics:
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- single flower on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- 2 inches or more flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- 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
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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