COMPOSITE FAMILY 229 



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Heads Without Ray-Flowebs. All Flowebs Tubulab 

 Shbubs 



Light purple or pink flowers Garberia 231 



Whitish flowers, pappus hairlike Baccharis 231 



Whitish flowers, pappus of scales Palafoxia 232 



Vines. Flowers whitish, Ivs. opposite Mikania 230 



Herbaceous Plants 



LEAVES chiefly BASAL 



Pale purple flowers Elephantopus 229 



Dark brown flowers Helianthus 232 



LEAVES opposite 



Blue flowers Conoclinum 230 



White flowers, pappus hairlike Eupatorium 230 



White flowers, pappus not hairlike Melanthera 232 



leaves alternate, USUALLY TOOTHED OR DIVIDED 



Red or orange-red flowers Emilia 233 



Yellow flowers Chondrophora 231 



Purple flowers, Ivs. spiny Carduus 233 



Purple flowers, Ivs. not spiny Pluchea 232 



White flowers, Ivs. finely divided Eupatorium 230 



Whitish flowers, Ivs. shallowly toothed Mesadenia 233 



Greenish flowers, Ivs. deeply toothed Erechtites 232 



LEAVES ALTEBNATE, USUALLY ENTIRE 



White or pinkish fls., stems not winged Polypteris 232 



Whitish fls., stems winged Pterocaulon 232 



Purple or violet flowers 



Leaves narrow, heads in long racemes Liatris 231 



Leaves narrow, inflorescence flat-topped. .. .Vernonia 229 



Leaves oblong, inflorescence flat-topped. Carphephorus 231 



Leaves oblong, heads in panicles Trilisa 230 



Vernonia angustifolia. Ironweed. Flowers dark purple, 

 heads many, in wide terminal inflorescence. Pappus hairlike 

 purplish bristles. Stems 2-3 ft. tall. Leaves narrow, 2-7 in. 

 long. Dry soil. Blooming in summer and fall. Fla. to Ga. 

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Elephantopus tomentosus. Elephant's-foot. Devil's grand- 

 mother. Flowers pale purple, heads small, in dense clusters 

 in 3 broad bracts. Pappus of bristles, scalelike at base. 

 Plants 1-2 ft. tall. Leaves chiefly basal, oblong or broad- 



