PINK TO MAGENTA 



PURPLE CONE-FLOWER: Brauneria purptirea. 



Composite Family. July Sept. 



Found in rich soil. Western Pennsylvania 



and Virginia to Michigan, Iowa and south- 



ward. 



FLOWER-HEADS 15-20 magenta colored, drooping 

 rays, disk madder purple, terminating 

 stem 2-3 feet high. 



LEAVES More or less toothed, lower ones 5- 

 ribbed, long-stemmed, upper ones 3- 

 veined, stemless. 



B. pdllida. Flowers similar to those of the 

 preceding. Rays slender, drooping. Leaves 

 lance-shaped, rough, narrowed at each end, 3- 

 ribbed, toothless. Michigan and Illinois to 

 Alabama and Texas. 



CROSS-LEAVED MILKWORT: Marsh Milk- 

 wort. Poly gala cruciata. 



Milkwort Family. July- Sept. 



A plant 312 inches high, found on margins of 

 swamps, in low ground. Maine to South 

 Carolina, and from Michigan to Minnesota 

 and Nebraska. 



FLOWERS Magenta, white or greenish, tiny, borne 

 in terminal, clover-like heads. 



LEAVES Generally in whorls of 4. Plant stems 

 square, branching. 



