184 YELLOW AND ORANGE 



HORSE BALM; RICH-WEED: Horse-weed: 

 Stone-root : Citronella. 



Collinsonia canadensis. 



Mint Family. July Sept. 



A plant 2-4 feet tall, found in rich, moist 

 woods. New England to Florida, Ontario 

 and Wisconsin to Kansas and Missouri. 

 FLOWERS Pale yellow, about 3/2 inch long, with 3 

 long, protruding filaments, lemon- 

 scented; 5-lobed, one lobe fringed and 

 much larger than the others; borne in 

 loose, spreading cluster. 

 LEAVES Oval, toothed. Plant stem branching. 



SNEEZEWEED; SWAMP SUNFLOWER: 



Helenium autumnale. 



Composite Family. Aug. Sept. 



A plant 2-6 feet high, found in wet meadows, 

 river banks. Quebec to Florida, west to Ari- 

 zona, Minnesota and northwest. 

 FLOWER-HEADS Yellow, 12 inches across, rays 

 drooping, broad, 35 cleft, in terminal 

 clusters. 



LEAVES Lance-shaped or oblong, alternate, 

 toothed. 



