Wildflowers Identified: Common Dandelion
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Common Dandelion 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
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in April or earlier
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- irregular leaf edge
- deeply cut leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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