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eo” Ee acris L. var. asteroides (Andrz.) DC, %———> An erect biennial 
herb 40-60 cm. tall, the stems slender, sf&ringly hirsute with short 
spreading hairs elandular above, usually branched in the upper axils, the 
branches arcuate-ascending; basal leaves spatulate or narrowly oblanceolate, 
5-12 cme long, the lower stem leaves similar, more attenuate, longer, soon 
passing into narrowly oblong-lanceolate leaves which are sessile but more or 
less narrowed to the base, not rounded, mostly acute, all entire, with 
ciliate margins, the. lower commonly thinfy hirsute; ‘heads usually numerous, 
their involucral bracts subulate, 4-6 um. long, attenuate at the apex, eine 
utely glandular and thinly hirsute; ray-corollas 6-7 mm. long, .3 mn wide, 
pink or lavender, within them a series of threadlike pistillate corollas; 
achenes 1-5 mm. long, the pappus shining, buff-celor, copious. 
Frequent in burns and in gravelly open places at lower elevations; 
introduced. 
var. debilis Gray. —————7 Similar but more or less depauperate, as low as 
8-10 CMs tall, bearing only a few leaves; these more spatulate, and solitary 
heads, “hove commonly 15-20 cm. tall, the heads solitary or 2-35 usually more 
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glanddlar.-——- >= “ee a4 
— > In thin,se=> rocky soil usually at higher elevations but frequent in 
Sinilar situations at lower elevations. 
> Ee concinnus (He & A.) T. & G. >Erect, the stems usually 
several from a leafy crown, <0-50 cm. tall, branching Se aegyaenuahirsute 
with soft spreading hair and minute Jand. ar_in the cenc 
basal leaves linear, 5-8 cm. long, 3-5 Wie wide near the aren “tapering 
gradually downward, stem-leaves similar. 
aioe tne uppermost 8-le mm. long, all ashy-hirsute; involucral bracts 
4 Mia. long, narrowly oblong, acute at the apex, hirsute and minutely 
glandular, the veins prominent, somewhat ridged}; ray-corollas white, laven- 
der or pink, 8-9 ma. long, 7-28 mie wide; achenes scarcely 1 mm. long. 
Frequsnt in dry gound at low elevations. 
EB. Coulteri lorter. + Perennial, the stems 20-40 cm. tall, 
sparingly hirsute with spreading hairs; basal. leaves S-15 cm. long, oblanceo- 
late or spatulate, entire or somewhat toothed, the lower stem leaves simidas 
—byp less attenuate, sparingly and remotely toothed, the upper stem leaves 
oblong or elliptical, rounded at.the base, sessile and clasping, acute, 
entire or nearly so, "all softly hirsute; heads mostly solitary and terminal, 
frequently two, the second on a lon: pedwicle from the upper axils, thoi 
bracts 8-9 mme ‘lone, subulate, thin, white-woolly especially towards the base; 
ray-corollas woite, numerous, 15 mie lons, 1-1-5 mo. wide; mature achenes 
not seen. 
Frequent about mountain meadows, 
