WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



Labrador and Nova Scotia to Manitoba, and south 

 to Florida, Arkansas, and Colorado, this biennial 

 species grows from one-half to two feet high. The 

 bright green lower leaves are smooth, thick and rounded 

 or somewhat kidney-shaped. The small flowers have 

 prominent heads, and drooping, pale yellow petals, 

 which are shorter than the reflexed calyx. 



HOOKED CROWFOOT 



Ranunculus recurvatus. Crowfoot Family. 



This is an annual species with very acrid and 

 blistering juice. It grows throughout the same 

 general range as the small-leaved species, and is 

 about the same height. It is found from June 

 to August. It is common in wet woodlands and 

 ditches, and may be easily distinguished by its large, 

 hooked seed cases, which are grouped in a conspi- 

 cuous cluster. The stalk is thick and hollow, the 

 leaves are thickish, and the pale flowers are small, 

 with inconspicuous petals. 



EARLY, OR TUFTED BUTTERCUP 



Ranunculus fascicularis. Crowfoot Family. 



A common, early, fine, silky-haired woodland 

 species, growing from six to twelve inches high, and 

 bearing deep yellow, narrow-petalled flowers, meas- 

 uring nearly an inch broad. The flower often has 

 six or seven petals. It rises from a cluster of thick- 

 ened fleshy-fibred roots, and is found during April 

 and May in open woods from Ontario and New 



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