Elm-leaved Turnera – Turnera ulmifolia
The other day while walking through the nearby pine plantation, I looked down upon a nice sight.
I’m poorly prepared to identify wildflowers, but this one was so attractive that I thought surely it would be in one of my books. Even there in the woods I could see that it was a non-woody plant (an herb) that had
- simple, alternate leaves with toothed edges
- leaf veins in a feather pattern (pinnate venation)
- flower solitary (not a part of a flower cluster or inflorescence)
- 5 slightly fringed petals and 5 pollen-bearing stamens.
I took a cutting home to look at the details more closely.
