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forsythia

Plant

  • Small to medium shrub
  • Deciduous

Twig

  • Opposite leaf arrangement
  • Yellow-brown, somewhat square twigs

Bark

  • Prominent lenticels

Leaf

  • 3-5" long
  • Simple
  • Toothed

Flower

  • 1¼-1½" wide
  • Fused petals form a 4-lobed trumpet
  • Bright yellow