Wildflowers Identified: Clintonia/Corn-Lily
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Clintonia/Corn-Lily has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- several flowers on stem
- in an umbel (flowers in an umbrella-like cluster, with stalks radiating from one point)
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org