W69 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD-DAISY 



Eri'geron macran'thus 



Flower heads rather large, usually 

 several, borne in a somewhat flat- 

 topped cluster, on stalks from the 

 upper lenf axils 



Outer (ray) (lowers of heads numer- 

 ous, narrow, strap-shaped, about 'j in. 

 long, lilac to bluish purple 



Bracts in a 2-rowed series (involucre) 

 around base of flower head, narrow, 

 about equal, finely glandular 



Center (disk) (lowers of heads numer- 

 ous, yellow, tubular 



"Seed' (aehene) flat, 2-nerved, 

 crowned by numerous, slender, white 

 bristles (pappus); outer bristles often 

 somewhat scale-like 



Stems leafy, hairless or sparingly hairy 

 above, up to 32, in. high 



Leaves alternate, entire, conspicuously 

 long-hairy on the margin, 3-nervcd, dull 

 green; basal leaves stalked, reverse- 

 lance-shaped, 2 to 4 in. long; stem 

 leaves oval to narrowly lance-shaped, 

 long-pointed, stalkless, the lower ones 

 nearly as large as basal leaves, the 

 upper ones reduced, chiefly egg-shaped 



Kootstock short, underground 



Roots perennial 



