A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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Ray flowers not notched 



Leaves linear, white-woolly Golden Aster no. 897 



Leaves lance-oblong, hairy but not woolly 



Golden Aster no. 898 



893. Golden Ragwort. Scnccio aureus. A smooth slender- 

 stemmed plant, mostly about 15 in. high. Leaves nearly all 

 basal and roundish with a heart shaped base, blunt toothed, 

 the few stem leaves lance-oblong or linear, sharply toothed 

 or even divided. Flowers yellow, the few heads in- a long 

 stalked terminal cluster. Center of the flower head flat. In 

 wet places, Newfoundland to Florida, and westward. June. 

 Fig. 893. 



894. Balsam Groundsel. Senecio paiiperculus. {S. Balsam- 

 itac.) Lower than No. 893, and differing in the basal leaves 

 not being heart shaped at the base, and often they are pur- 

 plish. In dry or rocky places, Nova Scotia to No. Carolina, 

 and westward, mostly in the uplands. June. 



895. Rose Tickseed. Coreopsis rosea. A low rather weak 

 plant of wet open places. Leaves linear, opposite, 1-3 in. 

 long, stalkless, or sometimes slightly stalked. Flowers pink, 

 the heads often about 13^ in. wide, the rays notched. Coastal 

 Mass. to Georgia. July. Fig. 895. 



896. Tickseed. Coreopsis lanccolata. A coarse, dry land rela- 

 tive of No. 895, but with larger yellow flowers and broader 

 leaves. Rays of the flower head also notched. Western On- 

 tario to Florida, and westward, but rare as a wild plant along 

 the coast. Commonly cultivated and sometimes escaping. 

 June. 



