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Two to five feet tall. Leaves
long-stalked, coarsely toothed and all in pairs opposite each
other. Flower heads about 2 in wide. Disk flowers in
center orange to yellow. Ray flowers ("petals") yellow,
strongly wrinkled.
Plant of open woods, occasional along Riverway
bikepath in Wildwood. Blooms in late summer.
There are a number of yellow sunflower-like
plants in the Park. The leaf shape, the leaf teeth, and
the fact that all leaves are opposite is a good indication you
have found this plant. A clincher is to examine the ray
flowers with a hand lens. Oxeye has fertile ray flowers,
that is, each has a tiny forked pistil at the base; true
sunflowers do not have this.
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