Wildflowers Identified: Round-Leaved Orchis
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Round-Leaved Orchis has these characteristics:
- 6 petals
- irregular petals: lipped, lopsided, not symmetrical
- several flowers on stem
- 3/8 to 5/8 inches flower width
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- whitish flower color
- brownish or greenish flower color
- 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)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- parallel leaf veins
- simple leaves about as long as wide
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Eric Haines,
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