15 cm ruler for scale


Basal leaf in above photo


Stem leaf in above photo

Woodland plant with showy yellow flowersm, flower heads to 6.5 cm in diameter. Petals with 3 teeth at their tips. Growth habit with solitary flower stems or branching to as many as 6 flower stems each with a solitary flower. Basal leaves with long petioles, stem leaves with shorter, winged petioles. Leaves have wavy margins and cordate bases. Basal leaf in photo was 15 cm long (including petiole) and 5.5 cm wide. Plant pubescent.

Common in the forests of Saskatchewan's Cypress Hills. Begins flowering about June 1st.

Height listed in Budd's Flora to 50 cm. We measured plants to 34 cm tall.

Took the above photos on June 3rd in lodgepole pine forest in the Cypress Hills, about 450 km southwest our home in Regina, SK.

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