COMPOSITE FAMILY 237 



Borrichia frutescens. Sea ox-eye. Heads yellow, about 1 

 in. across, terminating branches. Pappus a short crown. 

 Shrub 1-3 ft. tall. Leaves narrow or broadened upward, 1-3 

 in. long, grayish with short hairs, thickish. Near the coast. 

 Blooming from spring to fall. Fla. to Ya. and Texas. 



Helianthus debilis. Dwarf sunflower. Beach sunflower. 

 Heads about 2 in. across, long-stalked. Rays yellow, disk 

 purplish brown. Pappus 2 fragile awns. Plants spreading 

 in thick mats, rough-hairy. Leaves broad at base, toothed, 

 stalked, 2-3 in. long. Sand near the coast. Blooming all the 

 year. Fla. to Texas. 



Helianthella grandiflora. Heads yellow, 3-4 in. across, few. 

 Pappus 2 chaffy teeth. Stems 2-4 ft. tall. Leaves narrow, 

 rather rigid, rough, 1-2 in. long. Pinelands. Blooming in 

 summer and fall. Fla. 



Verbesina virginica. Crownbeard. Heads small, in ter- 

 minal clusters, rays white, few. Pappus 2 awns. Stems 

 winged, 3-6 ft. tall. Leaves oval or broadest near base, 2-8 

 in. long, toothed, leaf-stalks winged. Dry soil. Blooming in 

 summer and fall. Fla. to Pa., Texas, and Mo. 



Coreopsis Leavenworthii. Heads 1 in. across, terminating 

 branches. Rays yellow, disk purplish brown. Pappus 2 

 slender awns. Plants slender, 2-4 ft. tall. Leaves very nar- 

 row, lower often of 3 narrow divisions 3-4 in. long. Low 

 grounds and near the coast. Blooming all the year. Fla. 



Bidens leucantha. Spanish-needles. Heads about 1 in. 

 across. Rays few, broad, white, disk yellow. Pappus 2-4 

 barbed awns. Plants 1-5 ft. tall, branched. Leaves divided 

 and toothed, divisions 1-3 in. long. Waste places. Blooming 

 all the year. Fla. 



Bidens coronata. Bur-marigold. Heads yellow, 1-2 in. 

 across. Pappus 2 short teeth. Plants 1-4 ft. tall, branched. 

 Leaves usually divided, 2-7 in. long, toothed. Wet places. 

 Blooming all the year. Fla. to Ala. and Va. 



Actinospennum angustifolium. Heads yellow, 1-2 in. 

 across, terminating branches, becoming hard and honey- 

 combed in ripening. Pappus of about 12 tiny roundish 

 scales. Plants 1-2 ft. tall, widely branched. Leaves narrow, 

 about 1 in. long. Sandy soil. Blooming in summer and 

 fall. Fla. and Ga. 



