MARSH RAGWORT 105 



The stems are not so stout as in some oilier species of Ra^udrt, 

 but se\eral small ones grow out of a short, nfien prostrate one, or the 

 plant may be tall and erect, like Common Ragwort. The radical 

 leaves are oval-oblong, entire, or rarely toothed, clas[)ing, simple below, 



Maksh Kac.wort (Sftien'o iir/mi/inis. Hill) 



I'liuto. C. Mien 



and smooth. The stem-leaves have the luljes larger upwards ;md 

 deeply divided. 



The flowerheads are rayed and spreading, with elliptical florets, 

 borne on slender llnwer-stalks in a cor\'ml). The corvmli is \ery loose 

 and \'arial)Ie in the; luimbei' and arrangcniciit d ihc llorets. The haiit 

 is smooth and ribbed. 



The plant is 2-3 ft. high. It blotjms in July and August. It is 

 a herbaceous perennial and propagated by division. 



