COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composites. 



Robin's 

 Plantain 



Erigeron 

 bellidifolius 

 Lilac or 

 pale violet 

 May-June 



A rather large-flowered plant which ia 

 frequently communistic, tinting the road- 

 side or field with its delicate lilac. The 

 light olive green stem and leaves are very 

 soft-hairy, the basal leaves broad at the 

 tip and indistinctly toothed. The showy 

 flowers, 1 inch broad, vary from lilac or 

 magenta to a violet-purple ; the somewhat green-yellow 

 disc is broader than the fine rays are long. Fertilized 

 by bumblebees and honeybees (the most frequent visitors) 

 and butterflies. 10-22 inches high. Common every- 

 where. 



A similar but taller plant with light ma- 

 genta or pale pink flowers and a soft-hairy 

 (rarely smooth) stem ; 1-2 feet high. Com- 

 mon throughout our range, but less fre- 

 quent than E. beUidif alius, and blooming to August. 



A small plant with short white hairs ; 

 the three-ribbed basal leaves broad near 

 the tip, the stalks nearly as long as the 

 leaf. Upper stem leaves lance-shaped. 

 The linear scales of the small, \ inch long 

 flower-head are green or tawny at the 

 base, and white or purplish at the tip. The outer bracts 

 blunt and the inner ones acute. 4-18 inches high. 

 Mass., south to La., and west. The var. petiolata is 

 lower and slenderer, with ovate, blunt-pointed basal 

 leaves on slender, long stalks. The calyx is more pur- 

 ple-tinged, with the bracts shorter and narrower. A 

 familiar type of southern N. Eng. , very common in east- 

 ern Mass. on dry slopes and open woods ; also in dry 

 fields of southern N. H. 



A species with larger flower-heads. The 



Antennaria basal leaves gray soft-hairy above, and the 



MayJune greenish or tawny scales of the calyx have 



rather dry petallike tips. Northern N. 



Eng., south to La., and west. 



Common 

 Fleabane 



Erigeron 

 Philadelphicus 



Everlasting 

 or Pussy-toes 



Antennaria 

 plantaginea 

 White 

 May-June 



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