YELLOW AND ORANGE 185 



FERN-LEAVED FALSE FOXGLOVE: 



Gerdrdia pedicularia. 



Figwort Family. Aug. Sept. 



A plant 1-3 feet high, found in borders of 

 dry woods, thickets. Maine to Ontario, Minne- 

 sota, and West Virginia. 



FLOWERS Yellow, bell-shaped, with 5 spreading, 

 rounded lobes, 1 inch or more across, 

 somewhat finely hairy. 



LEAVES Fern-like, deeply cut into many toothed 

 lobes. Plant stem leafy, branching, 

 somewhat sticky-hairy. 



GOLDEN ASTER: Chrysopsis mariana. 



Composite Family. Aug. Oct. 



Found in dry, sandy soil. Gulf of Mexico, 



north to Pennsylvania and Long Island. 



FLOWER-HEADS Yellow, aster-like, nearly 1 inch 



across, in loose, spreading clusters. 

 LEAVES Oblong, seated on stem, toothless. 

 Leaves and plant stem silky-hairy when 

 young, becoming smooth with age. 



GOLDEN-ROD. The golden-rods are familiar 

 to everyone. They comprise a very extensive 

 group, with many intergrading forms, and none 

 but students care to puzzle out the different spe- 

 cies. 



