12 WHITE AND GREENISH 



1. EARLY SPRING, PLANTAIN-LEAVED, 

 or MOUSE-EAR EVERLASTING; PUS- 

 SY'S TOES: White Plantain, and Ladies To- 

 bacco. Antennaria plantaginifdlia. 



Composite Family. Apr. — June. 



Found in dry fields and on hillsides. Com- 

 mon in U. S., Labrador to Gulf of Mexico, 

 west to Nebraska. 

 Flower-heads — Whitish, in small, tight clusters 

 terminating a white-woolly stem, 6-18 

 inches high. 

 Leaves — Lower leaves broad near the tip, 3- 

 ribbed, stalks nearly as long as the 

 leaves; upper leaves narrow, downy. 



2. EARLY SAXIFRAGE : Saxifraga virginiensis. 

 Saxifrage Family. Apr. — June. 



Found on dry, rocky hillsides. New Bruns- 

 wick to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Ten- 

 nessee. 

 Flowers — White, 5 divisions, small, in clusters 

 terminating a downy stalk 4—10 inches 

 high. 

 Leaves — In a rosette at the base, toothed. 



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