COMPOSITE FAMILY 



THE FLOWER HEADS: numerous; about one inch broad; 

 the rays ten to eighteen, mostly three-toothed; at length 

 recurved. 



THE FRUIT: achenes; pappus none or practically none. 



A bright-faced visitor around dwellings, in neglected 

 gardens, and by well-travelled roadsides, where the pure 

 white rays and yellow centres of the conspicuous flowers 

 are rather decorative. But, unfortunately, it is not a 

 house-plant, for the rays drop very soon and the yellow 

 centres turn brown. Still, it has long been useful as an 

 herb for Chamomile tea has been for generations a popular 

 cure for certain ailments. 



COMPOSITE COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum, L. var. pinnatifidum, 

 Lecoq and Lamotte. 



Marguerite, 



White, with Daisy, Maudlin, 



yellow centre Big Bull, Mid-summer Moon, 



Bull's Eye Daisy, Ox-eye Daisy, 



May-October Butter-dog, Moon-penny, 



(at least) Dog-blow, Poverty-weed, 



Dutch Morgan, Poor-land, 



Field Daisy, Moon-flower, 



Great White Ox- Sheriff-pink, 



eyed Daisy, White Daisy, 



Farmer's Curse, White-man' s-weed, 



Herb-mar gar et, White-weed. 

 Horse, 

 Horse-gowan, 



Chrysanthemum: Greek name meaning a golden flower. 

 Leucanthemum: Greek, signifying white and a flower, in 



allusion to the white rays. 

 Pinnatifidum: Latin for pinnatifid (divided like a fea ther) 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sandy soil everywhere. 



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