‘acts 
mok 
-is—Lovmety, the blades peing\at maturit; d 
on petioles as long as the blade or longers 
42. Petasites Le 
ping rootstocks and basal ve 
which mature after the > scape-like flowering stems, Heads oer oreetale dasestoie 
the iuvolucres narrowly Sampanulave, theirJherbaceous 4 . . flow- : 
ers of the pistillate plants mostly fertile, their corollas irregularly 2-5 
toothed anc tubular or strap-shaped; flowers of the sterile plants mostly perfect 
srile, the sterile flowers tubular and 5-toothed, Achenes 5@ =/ 
but functionally st 
TO-ribbeds; pappus of copious soft bristles. 
(Pursh)Gray. Colts Foote —Lerennice herbs with elongated -oneep— > 
tocks and basal leaves =hich-—so 
y(deltoid, 20-30 cm, long, somewhat narrower, 
Perennial herbs with stout cree 
Ie Pe sagittata 
aye jointed roots 
d coarsely toothed, borne 
felt-like when young, the upper becoming glabrous and 
tall, bearing several sessile lanceolate scales 
thinly cobwebby; heads 10-15 
involucral bracts in @ ser= 
ray corollas violet, 
sinuately an 
both surfaces white and 
green; flowering stems 50-50 Cie 
which pass into the bracts of the flower cluster, 
in a loose convex cluster on petioles I-2 cme long, 
ies, membranous, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 6-7 mm. tall; 
slightly longer than the bractSe 
n swampy places at low elevations forming) frequently considerable are 
= laniail t 
T res 
I 
flowers very early. — 
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