Joy's Yellow Flower Finder


Sorted name list

How many petals does the flower have ?

    1         2         3         4    
1 petal example 2 petal example 3 petal example 4 petal example
    5       5-9       6     Many
5 petal example 5-9 petal example 6 petal example Many petal example



    1-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

    Orchid   Horn 
    Orchid Shape example Horn Shape example


  1. Pale Jewelweed  (also in orange)

    Also known as Pale Touch-Me-Not.
    [Impatiens pallida] *1 p.315, 414

    -- Flower: Yellow, 1-petaled.
    -- Flower: Orchid shaped with brown dots.
    -- Leaf: Round Toothed, Unlobed, Football shaped.
    -- Stem: Main stem is hollow, knobby at joints.
    -- Stem: Translucent green, and juicy inside.
    -- Pod: Translucent green seedpod explodes
    -- Pod: and ruptures when touched.


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  2. Yellow Lady's Slipper

    Also known as Mocassin flower.
    [Cypripedium calceolus] *1 p.320, 652
    -- Flower: Yellow, 1-petaled, Orchid shaped.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, wide Spear shaped.


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  3. Yellow Cordydalis

    [Cordydalis flavula] *6 p.143
    -- Flower: Yellow, 1-petaled, Horn shaped.
    -- Leaf: 3 leaves per branch.
    -- Leaf: 3 main Lobes with Sublobes per leaf.
    -- Stem: Main stem and branches have lengthwise ridges.


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    2-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

    Orchid
    Orchid Shape example


  4. Birdsfoot Trefoil

    Also known as Bird's-foot Deervetch.
    [Lotus corniculatus] *1 p.356, 531

    -- Flower: Yellow, 2-petaled, Orchid shaped.
    -- Flower: Different sized petals, narrower petal is split.
    -- Flower: Grouped in Globe-like Clusters.
    -- Leaf: 3, Oval shaped, Clover-like palmate grouping.
    -- Stem: Low lying, reclining main stem, somewhat viney.


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  5. Scotch Broom

    Also known as Common Broom.
    [Cytisus scoparius] *5 p.106

    -- Flower: Yellow, 2-petaled, Orchid shaped.
    -- Leaf: In groups of 3, Untoothed, Unlobed, Oval shaped.


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    3-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

     Closed
    Pointed
    Closed Shape example


  6. Yellow Toad Shade Trillium  (also in brown, green, or red)

    Also known as Yellow Trillium and Yellow Wakerobin.
    [Trillium luteum] *1 p.383, 612

    Plant Height:  Up to 16 inches (40 cm) tall.
    -- Flower: Yellow, 3-petaled.
    -- 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


    4-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

    Stringy    Fan    Dimpled
    Stringy Shape example Fan Shape example Dimpled Shape example


  7. Ohio Buckeye tree  (also in green or white)

    Also known as Fetid Buckeye tree, and American Horse Chestnut tree.
    [Aesculus glabra] *3 p.359, 382, 530, 583

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Stringy shaped.
    -- Leaf: Compound, 5 Football shaped leaflets.
    -- Leaf: Attached Palmately to the same spot.


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  8. Forsythia bush

    Also known as Border Forsythia bush and Golden Bell bush.
    [Forsythia intermedia] *4 p.260

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shaped.
    -- Flower: Flowers emerge before leaves come out.
    -- Flower: Orange lines in the flower's throat
    -- Flower: make it the Karl Sax cultivar.
    -- Leaf: Opposite, Untoothed, Football shaped.
    -- Seed: Capsule containing Winged seeds.


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  9. Common Winter Cress

    Also known as Rocketcress and Wound Rocket.
    [Barbarea vulgaris] *1 p.345, 425

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shaped in a cross shape.
    -- Flower: Located in a Globe Cluster atop a stem.
    -- Leaf: Lower leaves Untoothed, Round on end, deeply Lobed.
    -- Stem: Upper stem has lots of short stubby branches.


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  10. Toxic
    Greater Celandine  (also in green)

    Also known as Nipplewort, Swallowwort, and Tetterwort.
    [Chelidonium majus] *1 p.254, 671

    Plant Height:  12 to 47 inches (30 to 119 cm) tall.
    -- Flower: Green, 4-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Flower: Occurs in an umbrella-like cluster.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Deeply Lobed, Wavy edged.


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    View Greater Celandine Details


  11. Wood Poppy

    Also known as Celandine Poppy and Poppywort.
    [Stylophorum diphyllum] *1 p.253, 675

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, deeply Lobed with small sublobes.
    -- Leaf: Hand shaped, Opposite.
    -- Stem: Hairy.


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  12. Common Evening Primrose

    Also known as Evening Star, Sun Drop, Weedy Evening Primrose, German Rampion, Hog Weed, King's Cure-all, and Fever-plant.
    [Oenothera biennis] *1 p.354, 644

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shape, with X shape stigma.
    -- Leaf: Tooth edged, Unlobed, Football shaped.
    -- Stem: Hairy.
    -- Edible: Seeds, Leaves, Roots, and Flowers.


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  13. Smooth Kale

    [Brassica oleracea] *8

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shape, Oblong petals.
    -- Leaf: Multi-lobed, Wavy edged.


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  14. Curly Kale

    [Brassica oleracea] *8

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Fan shape, Oblong petals.
    -- Leaf: Multi-lobed, Wavy with Spiky edges.


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  15. Flowering Dogwood tree  (also in pink or white)

    [Cornus florida] *3 p.76, 454, 554, 579, 615

    -- Flower: Yellow, 4-petaled, Dimpled, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Simple, Untoothed, Unlobed, Football shape.
    -- Leaf: Curved leaf veins.
    -- Berries: Hard, oblong, green turning to red, brown tipped.
    -- Bark: Mottled.


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    5-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

    Stringy  Tailed     Star      Fan   Orchid Stalked
    Stringy Shape example Tailed Shape example Star Shape example Fan Shape example Orchid Shape example Stalked Shape example


  16. Japanese Honeysuckle  (also in white)

    Also known as Suikazura.
    [Lonicera japonica] *1 p.201, 360, 445

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Stringy, Horn shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Oval shape.


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  17. Columbine  (also in pink, purple, or red)

    [Aquilegia chrysantha] *1 p.426, 730

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Drooping Bell-like blossoms.
    -- Flower: With thin tails behind.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, 3 Lobed, Glove shaped.


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  18. Butterfly Weed (also in orange)

    Also known as Butterfly Love, Butterfly Milkweed, Butterflyweed, Canada Root, Chieger flower, Chiggerflower, Fluxroot, Indian Paintbrush, Indian Posy, Orange Milkweed, Orange Root, Orange Swallow-wort, Pleurisy Root, Silky Swallow-wort, Tuber Root, Yellow Milkweed, White-root, and Windroot.
    [Asclepias tuberosa] *1 p.379,352

    Plant Height:  1 to 3.5 ft (0.3-1 m) tall.
    -- Flower: Yellow-Orange, 5-petaled, Star shaped.
    -- Flower: 3-4" (7.5 cm) wide unbrella shaped clusters
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Blade shape.


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    View Butterfly Weed Details


  19. Cucumber vine

    [Cucumis sativus] *8

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Star shaped, Wrinkled.
    -- Leaf: 5-Lobed, Tooth edged, Maple-shaped.
    -- Stem: Have stiff hairs.


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  20. Canadian Dwarf Cinquefoil

    [Potentilla canadensis] *1 p.252, 752

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shaped blossom on top.
    -- Flower: Star shaped green septals behind and between the petals.
    -- Leaf: 5, Tooth edged, Unlobed, Whorled, Football shaped.


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  21. Common Cinquefoil

    Also known as Oldfield Cinquefoil and Old-field Five-fingers. 
    [Potentilla simplex] *9 p.172.2

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Whorls of 5 leaflets, Unlobed, deep Tooth edged.
    -- Leaf: Reverse Spear shape.
    -- Stem: Flowers and leaves are on separate Hairy stems.


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  22. Silvery Cinquefoil

    [Potentilla argentea | ? Argentina anserina ?] *6 p.149

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: 5 leaflets, deeply Tooth edged, almost Lobed.
    -- Leaf: Silvery wool underneath with wooly branches.


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    -- Silvery back side of leaf


  23. Yellow Wood Sorrel  (also in pink or violet)

    Also known as Common Yellow Oxalis, Lemon Clover, Pickle Plant, Sour Grass, and Upright Yellow-sorrel.
    [Oxalis stricta] *1 p.265, 667.

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Flower: Oblong or flat edged petals.
    -- Leaf: 3 clover-like, Heart shape.
    -- Leaf: Sour or Lemony tasting.


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  24. Moneywort

    Also known as Creeping Jenny, Herb Twopence, and Twopenny Thot.
    [Lysimachia nummularia] *1 p.261, 718

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Round shape.


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  25. Swamp Buttercup

    Also known as Marsh Buttercup.
    [Ranunculus septentrionalis] *1 p.263, 741

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape, Shiny petals.
    -- Leaf: Coarsely Tooth edged, 3 Lobed, Hand shape.
    -- Stems: Slightly hairy.


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  26. Indian Strawberry

    Also known as False Strawberry, Mock Strawberry, and Gurbir.
    [Duchesnea indica] *1 p.251, 748

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Fan shape.
    -- Flower: Flat edged or slightly dimpled petals.
    -- Leaf: 3 leaflets, Tooth edged, Unlobed, Football shape.
    -- Low and viney.


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  27. Common Mullein

    Also known as Great Mullein.
    [Verbascum thapsus] *1 p.336, 798

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Spike-like.
    -- Flower: Cluster of Hairy, Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Hairy.
    -- Leaf: Oval or Football shape.


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  28. Smooth Yellow Violet  (also in purple, violet or white)

    Also known as Downy Yellow Violet.
    [Viola pensylvanica | Viola pubescens] *14 p.231, 232

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Orchid shape.
    -- Flower: Dark purple veins on lower 3 petals.
    -- Leaf: Tooth edged, Unlobed, Heart shape, not hairy.


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  29. Yellow Sweet Clover

    Also known as Common Melilot, Ribbed Melilot, and Yellow Melilot. 
    [Melilotus officinalis] *1 p.326, 534

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-petaled, Orchid shape.
    -- Flower: Stalked Cluster.
    -- Leaf: 3 leaved, Unlobed, small Tooth edged, Football shape.


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    5-9-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

       Star  
    Star Shape example


  30. Marsh Marigold

    Also known as Cowslip and Kingcup.
    [Caltha palustris] *1 p.276, 730

    -- Flower: Yellow, 5-9-petaled, Star/Fan shape.
    -- Flower: Shiny petals.
    -- Leaf: Wavy edged, Unlobed, Kidney shape.


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    6-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

       Star     Cone  
    Center
       Cup      Fan   Torpedo
    Star Shape example Cone Center Shape example Cup Shape example Fan Shape example Torpedo Shape example


  31. Yellow Star Grass

    Also known as Common Goldstar.
    [Hypoxis hirsuta] *1 p.270, 322

    -- Flower: Yellow, 6-petaled, Star shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Grassy shape.


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  32. Large-flowered Bellwort

    Also known as Bellflowers and Merrybells.
    [Uvularia grandiflora] *9 p.152.4, 153

    -- Flower: Yellow, 6-petaled, Star shape.
    -- Flower: Long, Drooping, Twisted yellow petals.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed or Hairy edged, Unlobed.
    -- Leaf: Long football shape.
    -- Stems: Seem to Perforate the leaf bases.


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  33. Trout Lily  (also in white)

    Also known as Dogtooth Violet.
    [Erythronium americanum] *1 p.278, 598

    -- Flower: Yellow, 6-petaled, Star shape, Nodding.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Spear shape, Mottled.


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  34. Daffodil  (also in white)

    Also known as Daffadowndilly, Jonquil, and Narcissus.
    [Narcissus pseudonarcissus]

    -- Flower: Yellow, 6-petaled, Star shape.
    -- Flower: With a large cone center.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, long Blade shape.


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  35. Yellow Pond Lily

    Also known as Bullhead Lily.
    [Nuphar variegatum] *1 p.244, 637

    -- Flower: Yellow, 6-petaled, Cup shape.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, deeply Notched Heart shape.


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  36. Tulip-tree (also in green plus orange)

    Also known as Tulip-poplar, Yellow-poplar, Fiddle-tree, and Whitewood.
    [Liriodendron tulipifera] *3 p.267, 390, 490, 618, 436

    Plant Height:  Up to 160 feet (49 meters) tall.
    -- Flower: Yellow or Green, 6-petaled.
    -- Flower: Cup or Fan shape.
    -- Leaf: Simple, Untoothed, 4 Lobed, Tulip Shape.

    A Tulip Tree flower is cup shaped before it fully opens.

    Cup Shaped Tulip Tree Flower in Yellow

    A Tulip Tree flower is fan shaped after it fully opens.

    Fan Shaped Tulip Tree Flower in Yellow

    View Tulip Tree Details


  37. Sessile Bellwort (also in white)

    Also known as Sessileleaf Bellwort, Little Merrybells, and Wild Oats.
    [Uvularia sessilifolia] *1 p.318, 613

    -- Flower: Creamy Yellow, 6-petaled.
    -- Flower: Nodding, Torpedo shape.
    -- Leaf: Simple, Untoothed, Unlobed, Linear shape.
    -- Leaf: Alternate, Hairless, Mid-vein only, Stemless.
    -- Stalk: Reddish main stalk.


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    Many-Petaled Yellow Flowers

    What is the flower shape ?

     Cigar   Swept
      Back 
      Thick 
    SunRay
       Thin  
    SunRay
    Cigar Shape example Swept Back Shape example Thick SunRay Shape example Thin SunRay Shape example
    Fringed  Globe  Stalked
    Fringed Shape example Globe Shape example Stalked Shape example


  38. American Pussy Willow tree

    Also known as Glaucous Willow tree.
    [Salix discolor] *3 p.116, 399, 332

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled.
    -- Flower: Silvery Fuzzy until male petals appear.
    -- Flower: Tiny petals on thin white stalks.
    -- Flower: Clusters are Cigar shaped.
    -- Leaf: Unlobed, fine Tooth edged, Spear shape.


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  39. Bittersweet Nightshade  (also in violet)

    Also known as Climbing Nightshade.
    [Solanum dulcamara] *1 p.448, 653, 805

    -- Flower: Violet, Many-petaled, Swept back.
    -- Flower: The Yellow is a Beak in the center.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Spade shape.


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  40. Mule's Ear

    [Wyethia helenioides] *8

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Oblong petals with longitudinal veins
    -- Flower: and a frilly yellow Center.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Hairy, large Spear shape.


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  41. Woodland Sunflower

    Also known as Rough Sunflower.
    [Helianthus divaricatus] *14 p.247

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Oblong petals with longitudinal striations.
    -- Flower: Granular Yellow-brown center Disk.
    -- Leaf: Opposite, mostly Untoothed, Unlobed.
    -- Leaf: Long Triangular shape.
    -- Leaf: Somewhat Hairy on the under side.


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  42. Yellowtop

    Also known as Butterweed and Cressleaf Groundsel.
    [Packera glabella] *9 p.182.1, 183.1

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, 2 inch diameter.
    -- Flower: Thick Sunray shape, Yellow center Disc.
    -- Flower: Clusters at the top of the stalk.
    -- Leaf: Lobed, few or no Teeth, deeply cut, weirdly shaped.
    -- Leaf: Lobes are much wider near the outer ends.


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  43. Golden Ragwort

    Also known as Cocash Weed, Cough Weed, False Valerian, Female Regulator, Golden Groundsel, Golden Senecio, Life Root, Ragweed, Squaw Weed, Staggerwort, St. James Wort, Uncum Root, and Waw Weed.
    [Senecio aureus / Packera aurea] *1 p.289, 399

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Yellow center Disk.
    -- Leaf: Basal, round Tooth edged, Unlobed.
    -- Leaf: Horse Hoof shape.
    -- Leaf: Upper leaves slim and Pinnately Lobed.


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  44. Tansy Ragwort

    Also known as Stinking Willie and Staggerwort.
    [Senecio jacobaea | Jacobaea vulgaris] *5 p.378

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Yellow center Disk.
    -- Flower: Grouped in a flat topped Cluster.
    -- Leaf: Deeply Pinnately Lobed, Feathery shape.


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  45. Black-eyed Susan

    Also known as Brown-eyed Susan and Brown Betty.
    [Rudbeckia hirta] *1 p.281, 399

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Oblong petals, Dimpled brown central Disk.
    -- Leaf: Hairy, mostly Untoothed, Unlobed, Blade shape.


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  46. Prairie Coneflower

    Also known as Gray-headed Coneflower.
    [Ratibida pinnata] *1 p.280, 398

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Swept Back.
    -- Flower: Thick Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Center cone is Brown or Gray and
    -- Flower: is taller than it is wide.
    -- Leaf: Fine Tooth edged, deeply Lobed, Thin shaped.


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  47. Jerusalem Artichoke

    Also known as Canada Potato, Earth Apple, French Potato, Lambchoke, Sunchoke, Sunroot, and Topinambour.
    [Helianthus tuberosus] *1 p.283, 386

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thick Sunray shape,
    -- Flower: with a Brown center, 2"-4" (5-10 cm) in diameter.
    -- Leaf: Tooth edged, Unlobed, Football shape.
    -- Leaf: Rough, hairy texture.
    -- Leaf: Opposite lower, Alternate higher.


    Jerusalem Artichoke's Thick Sunray Shape with a Brown Center

    View Jerusalem Artichoke Details


  48. Common Dandelion

    [Taraxacum officinale] *1 p.235, 305, 408

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, 3-D Thin Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Fringed petals, no center disk.
    -- Leaf: Basal, irregularly Tooth edged, irregularly Lobed.
    -- Seeds: Fuzzy Globe Cluster.


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  49. Two-flowered Cynthia

    Also known as Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion.
    [Krigia biflora] *1 p.303, 391

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, 3-D Thin Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Dandelion-like, Fringed petals.
    -- Leaf: Single, occasionally 2, Oval shape.
    -- Leaf: Clasps stem below fork.
    -- Seeds: Fuzzy Globe Cluster.


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  50. Fall Dandelion

    Also known as Hawkbit.
    [Leontodon autumnalis | Scorzoneroides autumnalis] *2 p.170

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thin Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Fringed With twisty threads.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, thin Lobes, Shiny, Grassy shape.


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  51. Yellow Hawkweed

    Also known as Yellow Fox-and-Cubs, Yellow Paintbrush, and King Devil.
    [Hieracium pratense | Hieracium caespitosum] *1 p.306, 389

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Thin Sunray shape.
    -- Flower: Fringed With twisty threads.
    -- Flower: Clustered at the tip of a long stalk.
    -- Leaf: Hairy, Unlobed, Spear shape.
    -- Stalk: Hairy.


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  52. Lance-leaved Coreopsis

    Also known as Tickseed.
    [Coreopsis lanceolata] *2 p.112, 188

    -- Flower: Yellow, Thick Sunray shape, 8 Fringed petals.
    -- Flower: Yellow center Disk.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed, Unlobed, Blade shape, with basal prongs.


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  53. Hop Clover

    [Trifolium agrarium] *1 p.316, 540

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Globe shape.
    -- Leaf: Slightly Hairy, tiny Toothed, 3 Whorled, Egg shape.


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  54. Large Hop Clover

    Also known as Golden Clover and Large Hop Trefoil.
    [Trifolium aureum] *8

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Globe shape.
    -- Flower: Petals have parallel, lengthwise striations.
    -- Leaf: Groups of 3 Whorled leaflets.
    -- Leaf: Egg or Football shape, Unlobed.
    -- Leaf: Strongly veined, outer leaflet tips are Toothed.


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  55. Low Hop-clover

    Also known as Field Clover and Hop Trefoil.
    [Trifolium campestre] *9 p.184.2

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled, Globe shape on a stalk tip.
    -- Leaf: Groups of 3-leaves, Unlobed, Oblong or Football shape.
    -- Leaf: Outer leaf tips are wider than inner parts
    -- Leaf: and are faintly Rippled or Toothed.


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  56. Pineapple Weed  (also in green)

    Also known as Disc Mayweed, Rayless Mayweed, and Wild Chamomile.
    [Matricaria matricarioides | Matricaria discoidea] *5 p.426

    -- Flower: Yellow-Green, Many-petaled, Globe shape.
    -- Leaf: Feathery.

    Pineapple Weed's yellow and green flowers.
    Yellow and Green Flowers not found
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  57. Goldenrod

    [Solidago species]

    -- Flower: Yellow, Many-petaled.
    -- Flower: Long stem Clusters of tiny blossoms.
    -- Leaf: Untoothed or tiny Toothed, Unlobed, Lanced shape.


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List of Yellow flower names:

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  XYZ


A

American Horse Chestnut tree

American Pussy Willow tree

Apple, Earth

Artichoke, Jerusalem


B

Bell bush, Golden

Bellflowers

Bellwort, Large-flowered

Bellwort, Sessile

Bellwort, Sessileleaf

Betty, Brown

Bird's-foot Deervetch

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Black-eyed Susan

Border Forsythia bush

Broom, Common

Broom, Scotch

Brown Betty

Brown-eyed Susan

Buckeye tree, Fetid

Buckeye tree, Ohio

Buckeye, Texas

Bullhead Lily

bush, Border Forsythia

bush, Forsythia

bush, Golden Bell

Buttercup, Marsh

Buttercup, Swamp

Butterfly Love

Butterfly Milkweed

Butterfly Weed

Butterflyweed

Butterweed


C

Canada Potato

Canada Root

Canadian Dwarf Cinquefoil

Celandine, Greater

Celandine Poppy

Chestnut tree, American Horse

Chieger Flower

Chiggerflower

Cinquefoil, Canadian Dwarf

Cinquefoil, Common

Cinquefoil, Oldfield

Cinquefoil, Silvery

Clover, Field

Clover, Golden

Clover, Hop

Clover, Large Hop

Clover, Yellow Sweet

Cocash Weed

Columbine

Common Broom

Common Cinquefoil

Common Dandelion

Common Goldstar

Common Melilot

Common Mullein

Common Winter Cress

Coneflower, Gray-headed

Coneflower, Prairie

Cordydalis, Yellow

Coreopsis, Lance-leaved

Cough Weed

Cowslip

Creeping Jenny

Cress, Common Winter

Cressleaf Groundsel

Cucumber vine

Cure-all, King's

Curly Kale

Cynthia, Two-flowered


D

Daffadowndilly

Daffodil

Dandelion, Common

Dandelion, Fall

Dandelion, Two-flower Dwarf

Deervetch, Bird's-foot

Devil, King

Dogtooth Violet

Dogwood tree, Flowering

Downy Yellow Violet

Drop, Sun

Dwarf Cinquefoil, Canadian

Dwarf Dandelion, Two-flower


E

Ear, Mule's

Earth Apple

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose, Weedy

Evening Star


F

Fall Dandelion

False Strawberry

False Valerian

Female Regulator

Fetid Buckeye tree

Fever-plant

Fiddle-tree

Field Clover

Five-fingers, Old-field

Flower, Chieger

Flowering Dogwood tree

Fluxroot

Forsythia bush

Forsythia bush, Border

Fox-and-Cubs, Yellow

French Potato


G

German Rampion

Glaucous Willow tree

Golden Bell bush

Golden Clover

Golden Groundsel

Golden Ragwort

Golden Senecio

Goldenrod

Goldstar, Common

Grass, Sour

Gray-headed Coneflower

Great Mullein

Greater Celandine

Groundsel, Cressleaf

Groundsel, Golden

Gurbir


H

Hawkbit

Hawkweed, Yellow

Herb Twopence

Hog Weed

Honeysuckle, Japanese

Hop Clover

Hop Clover, Large

Hop Trefoil

Hop Trefoil, Large

Hop-clover, Low

Horse Chestnut tree, American


I

Indian Paintbrush

Indian Posy

Indian Strawberry


J

James Wort, St.

Japanese Honeysuckle

Jenny, Creeping

Jerusalem Artichoke

Jewelweed, Pale

Jonquil


K

Kale, Curly

Kale, Smooth

King Devil

King's Cure-all

Kingcup


L

Lady's Slipper, Yellow

Lambchoke

Lance-leaved Coreopsis

Large Hop Clover

Large Hop Trefoil

Large-flowered Bellwort

Life Root

Lily, Bullhead

Lily, Trout

Lily, Yellow Pond

Little Merrybells

Love, Butterfly

Low Hop-clover

Lynn-tree


M

Marigold, Marsh

Marsh Buttercup

Marsh Marigold

Melilot, Common

Melilot, Ribbed

Melilot, Yellow

Merrybells

Merrybells, Little

Milkweed, Butterfly

Milkweed, Orange

Milkweed, Yellow

Mocassin-flower

Mock Strawberry

Moneywort

Mule's Ear

Mullein, Common

Mullein, Great


N

Narcissus

Nipplewort


O

Oats, Wild

Ohio Buckeye tree

Old-field Five-fingers

Oldfield Cinquefoil

Orange Milkweed

Orange Root

Orange Swallow-wort


P

Paintbrush, Indian

Paintbrush, Yellow

Pale Jewelweed

Pale Touch-Me-Not

Pineapple Weed

Pleurisy Root

Pond Lily, Yellow

Poppy, Celandine

Poppy, Wood

Poppywort

Posy, Indian

Potato, Canada

Potato, French

Prairie Coneflower

Primrose, Evening

Primrose, Weedy Evening

Pussy Willow tree, American


Q


R

Ragweed

Ragwort, Golden

Ragwort, Tansy

Rampion, German

Regulator, Female

Ribbed Melilot

Rocket, Wound

Rocketcress

Root, Canada

Root, Life

Root, Orange

Root, Pleurisy

Root, Tuber

Root, Uncum

Rough Sunflower


S

Scotch Broom

Senecio, Golden

Sessile Bellwort

Sessileleaf Bellwort

Shade Trillium, Yellow Toad

shape: closed -- 3-petaled

shape: cone center -- 6-petaled

shape: cup -- 6-petaled

shape: fan -- 4-petaled

shape: fan -- 5-petaled

shape: fan -- 6-petaled

shape: fringed -- many-petaled

shape: globe -- many-petaled

shape: horn -- 1-petaled

shape: orchid -- 1-petaled

shape: orchid -- 2-petaled

shape: orchid -- 5-petaled

shape: stalked -- 5-petaled

shape: stalked -- many-petaled

shape: star -- 5-petaled

shape: star -- 5-9-petaled

shape: star -- 6-petaled

shape: stringy -- 4-petaled

shape: stringy -- 5-petaled

shape: swept back -- many-petaled

shape: tailed -- 5-petaled

shape: thick sunray -- many-petaled

shape: thin sunray -- many-petaled

Silky Swallow-wort

Silvery Cinquefoil

Slipper, Yellow Lady's

Smooth Kale

Smooth Yellow Violet

Sorrel, Yellow Wood

Sour Grass

Squaw Weed

St. James Wort

Staggerwort

Staggerwort

Star, Evening

Star-Grass, Yellow

Stinking Willie

Strawberry, False

Strawberry, Indian

Strawberry, Mock

Suikazura

Sun Drop

Sunchoke

Sunflower, Rough

Sunflower, Woodland

Sunroot

Susan, Black-eyed

Susan, Brown-eyed

Swallow-wort, Orange

Swallow-wort, Silky

Swallowwort

Swamp Buttercup

Sweet Clover, Yellow


T

Tansy Ragwort

Tetterwort

Texas Buckeye

Thot, Twopenny

Tickseed

Toad Shade Trillium, Yellow

Topinambour

Touch-Me-Not, Pale

tree, American Horse Chestnut

tree, American Pussy Willow

tree, Fetid Buckeye

tree, Flowering Dogwood

tree, Glaucous Willow

tree, Ohio Buckeye

tree, Tulip

Trefoil, Birdsfoot

Trefoil, Hop

Trefoil, Large Hop

Trillium, Yellow

Trout Lily

Tuber Root

Tulip-poplar

Tulip-tree

Tulipwood

Two-flower Dwarf Dandelion

Two-flowered Cynthia

Trillium, Yellow Toad Shade

Twopence, Herb

Twopenny Thot


U

Uncum Root


V

Valerian, False

vine, Cucumber

Violet, Dogtooth

Violet, Downy Yellow

Violet, Smooth Yellow


W

Wakerobin, Yellow

Waw Weed

Weed, Butterfly

Weed, Cocash

Weed, Cough

Weed, Hog

Weed, Pineapple

Weed, Squaw

Weed, Waw

Weedy Evening Primrose

White-root

Whitewood

Wild Oats

Willie, Stinking

Willow tree, American Pussy

Willow tree, Glaucous

Windroot

Winter Cress, Common

Wood Poppy

Wood Sorrel, Yellow

Woodland Sunflower

Wort, St. James

Wound Rocket


XYZ

Yellow Cordydalis

Yellow Fox-and-Cubs

Yellow Hawkweed

Yellow Lady's Slipper

Yellow Melilot

Yellow Milkweed

Yellow Paintbrush

Yellow Pond Lily

Yellow Star-Grass

Yellow Sweet Clover

Yellow Toad Shade Trillium

Yellow Trillium

Yellow Violet, Downy

Yellow Violet, Smooth

Yellow Wakerobin

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Yellow-poplar

Yellowtop


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