WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



stalk in a pleasing manner with a noticeable pair 

 of rounded, flaring, ear-like lobes, and they are thin, 

 smooth and shining. They were formerly used as a 

 pot herb. The light yellow, Thistle-like flower heads 

 are few or numerous, and are arranged similar to the 

 above species. They are succeeded with a fluffy 

 down. The remarkable, highly decorative leafage 

 of this plant really demands a more deserving name 

 than the one now bestowed upon it. The spring 

 Sow Thistle is found from May to November, and is 

 common throughout most of our area in waste places 

 everywhere. 



WILD, OR TALL LETTUCE. WILD OPIUM. 



TRUMPET WEED. FIREWEED. 



TRUMPET MILKWEED 



Lactuca canadensis. Chicory Family. 



The common, and noticeably tall, leafy stalk of 

 the Wild Lettuce raises its unattractive, pale yellow 

 flowers anywhere from three to ten feet high, in moist, 

 open places, usually along our roadsides, from June 

 to November. This milky-juiced plant is annual 

 or biennial, and is smooth, and branches loosely at 

 the top to accommodate the flowers. The leaves 

 are exceedingly variable in size and shape. The 

 lower ones are sometimes a foot long, and are very 

 irregularly cut, gouged, and wavy-lobed, and as they 

 mount the stalk they become more regular, and are 

 finally often lance-shaped and entire. The rays of the 

 numerous small flower heads are strap-shaped, and 

 are set in a little green, vase-shaped cup. The flowers 



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