142 YELLOW AND ORANGE 



CONE-FLOWER; PURPLE CONE-FLOWER: 

 Black-eyed Susan: Yellow or Ox-eye Daisy: 

 Nigger-head: Golden Jerusalem. 



Rudbeckia hirta. 

 Composite Family. June — Sept. 



A plant 1-3 feet tall, found in fields and 

 open, sunny places. New England to Gulf 

 States, Ontario and Northwest to Colorado. 

 Flower-heads — Rays 10-20, yellow or orange- 

 yellow, surrounding a conical, dark pur- 

 plish-brown disk. 

 Leaves — Nearly or quite toothless, lower leaves 

 broader at the tip, 3-ribbed. Leaves 

 and stems rough-hairy. 



TALL CONE-FLOWER: Green-headed Cone- 

 flower: Thimble-weed. R. laciniata. 

 Rays 6-10, yellow, slightly drooping, sur- 

 rounding a greenish yellow disk. Leaves 

 variously divided, lobed and toothed. A 

 plant 3-10 feet tall. Found in moist thick- 

 ets. Quebec to Montana, south to Gulf States. 



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