84 IDENTIFYING WILD FLOWERS. 



Large. 



Great Fen Ragwort. Diam. heads nearly 1 \ in. ; leaves 

 undivided, toothed, cottony beneath ; ray florets very 

 many ; disc yellow ; florets 5-cleft ; Fens ; 3-6 ft. (L.) 



712 



Corn Marigoldo Diam. heads nearly 1 \ in. ; leaves 1-3 in., 

 clasping, smooth, oblong, toothed, pointed ; disc yellow ; 

 florets 5-cleft ; cornfields ; 12-18 in. (c.) 725 



Yellow Goafs-beard. Diam. heads 1J in. (variable) ; 

 florets all ray ; open only till noon ; leaves entire, long, 

 slender, clasping ; bracts below flower-head 8-10, leaf- 

 like, lanceolate, pointed, 1-1 \ in. ; waysides ; 1-2 J ft. 

 (v.c.) 607 



Rough Hawk-bit. Diam. If in. ; Dandelion-like 

 flowers ; stem simple ; florets all ray ; bracts below 

 florets hairy ; leaves like Dandelion, radical, but rough 

 hairy ; pastures ; 6-18 in. (v.c.) 612 



Long-rooted Cat's-ear. Diam. 1J in. ; leaves bristly* 

 radical, cut ; florets all ray ; flower stalks branched, 

 smoothed, swollen at top ; waysides ; 8-18 in. (v.c.) 616 



Greater Spearwort. Diam. about 1J in. ; sepals 5 ; 

 petals 5 ; stamens many ; flowers Buttercup -like ; leaves 

 sessile, narrow ; stem erect ; watery places ; 1 J-5 ft. 

 (c.) 16 



Pale Hawkweed. Diam. heads 1 in. or more ; plant 

 smooth pale green ; root leaves in a rosette, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, fringed with long hairs ; stem leaves sessile mostly ; 

 heads 2-6 together ; mountains ; 6-18 in. (L.) 636 



Yellow Anemone. Diam. 1 \ in. or over ; leaves of 3 or 



5 portions, leaflets cut and toothed ; bract leaves in 3 

 parts ; sepals or petals 5 or 6 ; stamens many ; woods ; 



6 in. (R.A.) 8 



Silvery-weed. Diam. 1 in. ; leaves pinnate, serrate, 

 silky beneath mostly ; stem long, reddish, wiry, creeping ; 

 flowers solitary ; sepals 10 ; petals 5 ; stamens many ; 

 roadsides ; 3-9 in. (v.c.) 379 



Small Rough Barkhausia. Diam. heads 1 in. ; leaves 

 rough pinnatifid, resemble Dandelion in shape ; bracts 

 bristly and hairy, narrow ; stem branched, ribbed ; florets 



