2 Ansinfia Lehm. 
Weedy annuals with alternate hispid leaves, the hairs coarse, 
re. pustulate at the base. Flowers perfect, in elongated, mostly one-sided 
ae coiled cymes. Calyx lobes normally 5, sometimes 4 or 3 by union of two or 
more. Corolle tubular-funnelform, the throat open but sometimes with more 
or less distinct folds. Stamens included. Nutlets S-angled, seugkened—by> 
Itchweed, 
1. Ae micrantha Suksdorf. Encor—weedy—anmd> Dorbs rough hispid 
throughout with whitish hairs, 40-80 om. tall; leaves ianceolate or narrowly 
ovate, 5-12 cm. long, entire, the upper leaves sessile; cymes elongating to 
as much as 90 cm. nearly naked, hispid; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, 3 mm. 
long in flower, 5-7 mn- long in fruit, densely hispid; corolla orange yellow, 
5-6 mm. long, funnelshaped, the limb 1 mm. long; mtlets 2-2e0 mme long, dark 
gray, longitudinally 3-angied on the back, roughened with small irregulerly 
disposed papillae. 
Frequent in meadows or along roadways in the grassland. r 
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