26. iiglianthus Ll. Sunflower, 
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rect coarse nerbs With sixle leaves and showy yellow flowers. In- 
volucres hemispherical, consisting of about 6 unequal series o° herbaceous 
bracts; rece tacles slat, covered with cnaffy bracts. Hay flowers yellow, 
sterile; aisc-flowers dari: ;urple. Achenes obovate, somewhat com ressed, 
ansled3; panpus of i jeciduous cnarty scales or awns. 
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Le ike Annuus le = > * Weeay annual 1-2 m. tall, the stems roush: leaves 
alver.avs excert vhe lowermost, ali yetioled, variable in size, the blades 
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o-20 Cme lons, ovate, rowided ov cordate 2 tne base, dentate or enti 
rousn on bo tr surfaces, tne petioles mostly as lons as the blade or 1] 
heads 5-15 cm. broad, showy, tue ray corolias 50-40 mm. lone or more 
elliytical; scales 0." vie rece;tacle S-1U muse lon., Jecleft, his;pidaulous 
towards tne Apexs ACNENGS Geb Me LON e 
A frequent weed in waste ,laces at lov elevations. Occasional other species 
may be found in marginal lower lands. 
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