MOUXTAIX l'l,()\\i:i^ 



H. gracilc, or Small liawkwecd, has liny yellow or white 

 flowers borne at the end of the Ion-;, slender, branehin*; stems. 

 They resemble miniature Dandelions and are very abundant. 

 Like the Hawksbeards, the rays ol the liawkweeds are trun- 

 cate, or cut off squarely at the ends, and tinelv toothed. 



LARGE-FLOWERED FALSE DANDELION 



Tyoxi}nfln glanLiiiii. Conipo.sitL' l";iiiiil\ 



Stems: scape naked, slender, pubescent. Leaves: all basal, linear, 

 lanceolate, crenulate, acuminate at the apex. Flowers : heads solitary, 

 yellow ; rays truncate, five-toothed. 



A flower very like a real Dandelion, but with totalK' dif- 

 ferent foliage. The l^\alse Dandelion ma\- alwa\s be distin- 

 guished by its long ribbon-like leaves, which grow up Irom 

 the base of the plant and have slightly wav\ margins. 



T. aiirajitiacum, or Copper False Diuidelion, has deej) 

 orange or copper-coloured flowers, or ver\' occasionally pur- 

 plish flowers. 



COMMON DANDELION 



Taraxacum officinale 7'ar. lii-iiUini. Composite Family 



Scapes and leaves from the crown of a thick vertical root. Leaves: 

 lanceolate in outline, and from irregularly dentate to runcinate-pinnatitid. 

 Flowers: in solitary heads at the summit of the hollow scapes: rays 

 numerous ; involucre a single series of nearly e(|ual narrow bracts, and 

 several calyculate ones, the outer refle.xed, all acute. 



"Common" as this Dandelion is named, and common as 

 it is in all the mountain regions, \et it is far from being 

 an ugly or even an uninteresting j)lant. ( )n the contrary, 

 its gorgeous golden blossoms render it extremely attractive. 

 These blossoms consist of from one to two hundred siiap- 

 shaped rays, their blunt tips notched into tiw teeth, which 

 remind us that each rav-Hower was once composed ot five 

 petals. The leaves are boldl\- cut into jagged lobes (suji- 

 posed to resend)le the teeth of a lion, hence the common 



