Wildflowers Identified: Turk's-Cap Lily
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Turk's-Cap Lily has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- single flower on stem
- several flowers on stem
- 2 inches or more flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- arrangement of leaves on stem is whorled (three or more from a point)
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves over 5 times as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org