NABALUS 



The showy wands of Blazing Star blossom 

 with the Goldenrods and Asters in late summer. 

 The flower-heads, varying from magenta-purple 

 to violet-blue, crowd upon the summit of the 

 rigid unbranched stem to form a lengthened 

 spike. 



These flower-heads contain from thirty to 

 forty closely packed tubular florets, and sit in a 

 leafy involucre that has five or six rows of long, 

 bristly, purple-tipped scales. 



NABALUS. WHITE LETTUCE. 

 RATTLESNAKE ROOT 



Ndbalus 



A group of native perennial herbs, blooming 

 throughout October and noticeable for their 

 graceful drooping bell-shaped heads of ray- 

 florets. 



Stems. — Tall, slender, green, sometimes purplish, 

 leafy, with extremely variable leaves, and racemose- 

 panicled nodding flower-heads. 



Leaves. — Varying in species from N. dlbus with an- 

 gulate or triangular-halberd form, sinuate-toothed, or 



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