44 WHITE AND GREENISH 



1. THIMBLEWEED: TALL or SUMMER 

 ANEMONE. Anemone virginiana. 



Crowfoot Family. June — Aug. 



Found along roadsides and borders of wood- 

 lands. Maine to Minnesota and southward. 



Flowers — White or greenish, 5 divisions, termi- 

 nating stalks 2-3 feet high. Seeds 

 form thimble-shaped burrs. 



Leaves — 3 in a whorl, 3-parted, divisions vari- 

 ously lobed and toothed. Later flow- 

 ers bear 2 divided leaves midway of 

 flower stalks. 



2. FIELD CHICKWEED: Cerdstium arvense. 

 Pink Family. May — July. 



Found in dry, rocky land. Common. 

 Flowers — White, 5 divisions, divisions 2-lobed, 



terminating stems 4-10 inches high. 

 Leaves — Small, narrow. 



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