YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



tall, annual, erect, very leafy stalk grows from two to 

 nine or ten feet high, and branches in pairs. It is 

 usually smooth and hollow, and often stained with 

 purple. The thin, sharply toothed, slender-stemmed 

 leaves are divided into three or five lance-shaped parts 

 which are tapered toward the apex and narrowed at 

 the base. They are set on short, ribbed stems, that 

 unite with the stalk in pairs with a noticeable clasping- 

 joint, from the axils of which spring the curving 

 flower stems. The very small, ragged, rayless, brist- 

 ling flower heads are homely and unattractive. The 

 two or three dull yellow ray flowers are very incon- 

 spicuous, if any, and the brownish yellow tubular 

 florets of the central head are tightly packed together. 

 The head is surrounded with several narrow leafy 

 bracts of various lengths, and several heads are clus- 

 tered in a loose terminal group. Beggar-ticks are 

 exceedingly common, and aside from their affectionate 

 stickers, they are an uninteresting plant. They are found 

 everywhere in moist places, and along roadsides and 

 railroad ditches, from July to October, and range 

 from Nova Scotia to Florida. British Columbia, 

 Nebraska, and Texas. 



SNEEZEWEED. SWAMP SUNFLOWER. 

 YELLOW STAR. OX-EYE 



Helenium autumriale. Thistle Family. 



During September the bright yellow blossoms of 

 the Sneezeweed illuminate the low meadows and 

 swamps from one end of the country to the other. The 

 stout, branching stalk rises from two to six feet in 



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