YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 



of the stalk. It is found in fields, woods, and along 

 roadsides, from June to August, from eastern Can- 

 ada to Pennsylvania. 



RATTLESNAKE-WEED. POOR ROBIN'S PLAN- 

 TAIN. VEIN-LEAF. HAWKWEED. HAWKBIT 



Hieracium venosum. Chicory Family. 



There is no mistaking the Common Rattlesnake- 

 weed when you find the small rosette of purple- veined 

 leaves. That they have an uncanny, snaky something 

 or another about them cannot be denied, and it is 

 probably all due to their decorative veinings. I have 

 heard time and again that this leaf was used as a remedy 

 for snake bites, but never have succeeded in meeting 

 anyone who had actually used it for such purpose. 

 The juice is supposed by some people to have the power 

 of removing warts. The long, slender stalk is often 

 solitary, and rises out of the leafy tuft, from one to 

 three feet in height. It is smooth and leafless, or 

 occasionally with one or two leaves seated upon it. 

 The foot leaves are long oval, with a pointed tip, and 

 taper toward the base. The wide, flat midrib is 

 hairy on the under side. The usually toothless mar- 

 gins are fringed with fine hairs, and the colour is light 

 green. The small, light yellow flowers are somewhat 

 like those of the Dandelion, but the disc is more ragged, 

 fewer-flowered and less dense. The strap-shaped 

 florets have a finely notched, square tip, and from 

 fifteen to forty are set in a small, light green cup. 

 They are set on the tips of the forks, and form a loose, 



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