ek Ee Ccagspitosus Nutt. —————>Low tufted perennials with a more or less 
@. canadense 1. — annuals 40- 
or more » Sooo cm. in epauperaia individuals» the stems wandlike, 
branched leafy caudex, the stems few, ascending, 8-15 cm. tall, pubescent 
with short spreading hairs; basal leaves oblanceolate, 2-4 cm. "long, £-4 mm. 
wide, subacute, entire, thinly pubescent, the stem leaves Similar, but 
smaller, few; heads solitary on gach stem, their involucral bracts lineans . 
lanceolate, acute, pubescent, 5-6 mm. long; ray-corollas violet, 8-9 mm. 
longs, 1-1-2 mm. wide; achenes not seen. 
Turners Butte, ‘homas. 
A ue corymbosus Muti. > Low perennial herbs with elongated 
tap roots and several ascending stems 20-40 cm. tall ,arising froma 
branching caudegy basal leaves linear, wider toward the apex, 6-12 cm. 
long, <-5 ma. wide, rarely more, rathe: r conspicuously veined, rough pubes- 
cent; stem leaves Gimitent> pradually diminished upwards, more nearly 
linear; neads ==) on each stem,borne on nearly naked peduncles which? become 
elongated and ascendiwm to form a loose corymb s +e04y involucral bracts 
narrowly lanceolate, 4-5 mn. lon, ashy with harsh hairs; ray corollas 
violet, 12 mn. Lone’ mature achenes not seen. 
Dry gravelly soil in association with lodgepole or yellow pine or in 
the grassland. 
> rect slender annuals 40-80fem. tall 
very sparsely hirsute; lower leaves oblanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, obtuse, 
pbb gradually to an indef inite petiole, pocsinccraiua Ty Tad linea, 
Ssile +e@em 1.5-%3 cn. long 
Perera all entire or very speringly toothed with small sharp 
teeth, thinly hispid, pre ; inflor- 
Sscence an oblons ‘panicle 20-40 cme long with “numerous heads, its branches 
ascending »oometines a si.nle racene Jeeepauserais individuals ; involucral 
r 
bracts in’ about 5 unequal Series,the inner 3-5.5 m3. long, linear lanceolate, 
acuve, glabrous, the midrib prominent: ray-corollas white, scarcely exceed- 
ing the bracts, the limb shorter than the tube; achenes 1.3 mme longe 
Occasional in dry burns or waste places at low elevations; introduced. 
upper 
leaves 
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