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(3) G,. Macounii Greene, ——_———-> An erect biennial 60-90 cm, tall, the stems 
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irgate, more or less branched in the uppermost axils, the branches ascending, 
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thinly glandular-pubescent in the lower parts, white-woolly aboves;leaves of 
the basal tuft oblanceolate, 5-4 cm. long, the lower stem leaves longer, as 
much as 6-8 cm, long, the upper leaves narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
prevailingly acute, sessile, decurrent upon the stems for .5-1.5 CM. , 
glandular-pubescent and green on the upper surfaces, white-woolly beneath; 
heads in ovoid or globose more or less convex clusters in the uppermost axils; 
involucral bracts very scarious, shining white, ovate or the inner lanceolate, 
4-5 mm, long, the tips acute, usually somewhat lacerate, all more or less 
woolly at the base, the short peduncles densely so; flowers yellowish. 
Frequent in dry burns, along roadways or in waste places, 
