ORANGE SNEEZEWEED 



Hele'nium hoope'sii, syn. Dugal'dia hoope'sii 



W88 

 (2 leaves) 



Outside (ray) flowers of the heads 

 numerous, petal-like, orange-yellow, 

 showy, up to \y t in. long, narrow, strap- 

 shaped, 2- or 3-toothed at tips, spread- 

 ing or bent-back in age, seed-producing 



Inner (disk) flowers of the heads 

 numerous, small, tubular, yellow, turn- 

 ing brownish, perfect, seed-producing 



Flower heads sunflowerlike, up to 3 

 in. across, solitary or several, on long, 

 _ naked, often woolly -hairy stalks; center 

 (disk) hemispherical, about 1 in. thick 

 and K to % in. high 



Bracts in a 2-rowed series (involucre) 

 surrounding flower head, bent-back in 

 fruit 



Stems fuzzy-hairy at first -but soon 

 becoming smooth, ribbed but not 

 winged, stout, leafy ( 1 to several from 

 root crown, erect, up to 3 ft. high 



Leaves 

 thrckish 



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thickish, veiny, with entire margins, 

 oblong-lance-shaped or the lower leaves 

 spatula-shaped with long-tapering bases 

 and larger (up to IK ft. long and 3 in. 

 wide) than the upper ones, not extend- 

 ing down upon the stems 



"Seeds" (achenes) tawny-hairy, 

 small, ribbed, top-shaped, tipped "by 5 

 to 12 thin-papery, elongated bracts 

 (pappus), sfightly shorter than the 

 lowers 



Taproot strong, thickened, rather 

 short, perennial 



