wiirri: (^r whitish flowers 9.5 



57. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, 



flowers in cluster, plant upright, herb, flowers 



composite, with white rays. 



Daisy Fleabane {Erigeron annuus). Composite family. 

 Ht. i-several ft.; ray-flowers white with many 

 narrow rays; disk yellow; flower-heads on stalks 

 without leaves; stem branching with hairs; leaves 

 oval-egg-shaped with teeth. Waste places. Early 

 summer. 



Horse- WEED (Erigeron Canadensis). Composite family. 

 Ht. 1-6 ft., upright, hairy, branching; flower-heads 

 small, cylindrical, in large open cluster (panicle). 

 Waste ground, common. Early summer-autumn. 



White Asters. Composite family. 



Rav-fiowers white, disk yellow, flower-heads on 

 leafy stalks; stems generally smooth or pubescent. 



SiLVER-ROD (Solidago hicolor). Composite family. 



Upright single stem or branched; flowers clustered 

 along stem, few in cluster, small with whitish rays; 

 leaves pointed. Dry ground. Summer and early 

 autumn. 



See also Wild Lettuce (Yellow 22). 



58. Same as 57, but flowers without white rays. 



Plantain-leaved Everlasting {Antennaria plantagi- 

 nijolia). Composite family. 

 Ht. few in.-i^ ft.; stem woolly; heads with many 

 tubular flowers; leaves not toothed, those of stem 

 narrowly, those at base broadly lance-shaped, 

 Iving against stem. Banks. Early spring. 



Common Everlasting {Gnaphaliurn polycephaliim). 

 Composite family. 

 Av. ht. 2 ft.; woolly, fragrant; flowers tubular, 

 flower-heads clustered at top ; leaves woolly on 

 under side, lance-shaped, tapering at base. Fields 

 and woods. 



