Joy's Red Flower Finder

Sorted name list

How many petals does the flower have ?

1	3	5	6-7-8	Many

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1-Petaled Red Flowers

What is the flower shape ?

Golf Tee

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1. Sassafras tree

   Also known as Red Sassafras tree, Silky Sassafras tree, and White Sassafras tree.
   [Sassafras albidum] *3 p.450, 239

   -- Flower: Red, 1-petaled, Golf Tee shaped,
   -- Flower: which may hold a berry.
   -- Leaves: Untoothed, 1-, 2- or 3-Lobed.
   -- Beverage: Root.

   
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   3-Petaled Red Flowers

   What is the flower shape ?

   Closed  Pointed	Star

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2. Toad Shade Trillium  (also in brown, green, or yellow)

   Also known as Bloody Butcher, Bloody Noses, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Purple Trillium, Red Trillium, and Reflexed Trillium.
   [Trillium recurvatum] *1 p.383, 611

   -- Flower: Red, 3-petaled.
   -- Flower: single blossom that is often Closed.
   -- Flower: Usually Closed, centered above the leaflets.
   -- Leaflet: Normally 3 in a Whorl, Football shape.
   -- Leaflet: Untoothed and Unlobed.

   
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   View Toad Shade Trillium Details
   

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3. Wild Ginger  (also in brown)

   Also known as Broad-leaved Asarabacca and Canadian Snakeroot.
   [Asarum canadense] *1 p.386, 349

   -- Flower: Dark Red, 3-petaled, Star shaped Cup.
   -- Flower: Hairy, Single, between and below the leaves.
   -- Leaf: Normally 2, Untoothed, Unlobed, Heart shaped.

   
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   View Wild Ginger Details
   

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   5-Petaled Red Flowers

   What is the flower shape ?

   Tailed	Fringed	Fan	Bell

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4. Columbine  (also in pink, purple, or yellow)

   [Aquilegia canadensis] *1 p.426, 730

   -- Flower: Red, 5-petaled, often Multicolored with Tails.
   -- Leaf: Untoothed, Lobed, Glove shaped.

   
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5. Fire Pink

   [Silene virginica] *1 p.415, 461

   -- Flower: Red, 5-petaled, Star shaped, divided/Fringed petals.
   -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Paddle shaped.

   
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6. Hibiscus tree  (also in green or pink)

   Also known as China Rose, Chinese Hibiscus, Hawaiian Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Rose of Sharon, and Shoeblack plant.
   [Hibiscus rosa-sinensis] *4 p.91

   Plant Height:  Up to 20 feet (6 meters) tall.
   -- Flower: Red or Pink.
   -- Flower: 5-petaled, Fan shape.
   -- Leaf: Toothed, deeply Lobed, Hand shaped.

   
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   View Hibiscus tree Details
   

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7. Quince tree

   [Chaenomeles japonica] *4 p.309

   -- Flower: Red, 5-petaled, Fan shaped.
   -- Leaf: Tiny Tooth edged, Unlobed, Oval shaped.

   
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8. Trumpet Creeper

   [Campsis radicans] *1 p.381, 419

   -- Flower: Red, 5-petaled, Bell shaped.
   -- Leaf: Compound, Untoothed, Unlobed.
   -- Leaf: Spade shaped, Opposite.

   
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   6-7-8-Petaled Red Flowers

   What is the flower shape ?

   Star

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9. Clematis  (also in pink, purple or white)

   [Clematis Westerplatte] *4 p.161

   -- Flower: Red, 6-7-8-petaled, Star or Fan shaped.
   -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Spade shaped.

   
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   Many-Petaled Red Flowers

   What is the flower shape ?

   Cluster	Spike	Globe

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10. Indian Paintbrush

    [Castilleja coccinea] *1 p.433, 785

    -- Flower: Red, Many-petaled, Cluster/brush shaped.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, 3-Lobed, Brush shaped.

    
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11. Staghorn Sumac tree  (also in green)

    [Rhus typhina] *1 p.410, 326

    -- Seeds: Dark red, fuzzy seed cluster spike.
    -- Flower: Red, Many-petaled, Spike cluster shaped.
    -- Leaves: Lateral Compound leaf, Opposite Blade shaped leaflets.
    -- Leaflets: Toothed and Unlobed.

    
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12. Crimson Clover 

    Also known as Italian Clover.
    [Trifolium incarnatum] *9 p.100.8

    -- Flower: Red, Many-petaled, congested on an elongated Spike.
    -- Leaf: 3 leaflets, Hairy.

    
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13. Common Burdock  (also in purple)

    Also known as Lesser Burdock, Burweed, Button-bur, Cuckoo-button, Louse-bur, and Wild Rhubarb.
    [Arctium minus] *1 p.487, 358

    -- Flower: Red, Many-petaled, Globe shaped, Spikey rays.
    -- Leaf: Toothed, multi-Lobed, Spikey shaped.

    
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