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PINK TO MAGENTA 



PURPLE GERARDIA: Large Purple Gerardia. 



Gerdrdia purpurea. 

 Figwort Family. Aug. — Sept. 



Found in low fields, moist, sandy soil. Massa- 

 chusetts to Florida and Texas near the coast, 

 westward along the Great Lakes to Wisconsin. 

 Flowers — Purplish, magenta to whitish, cup- 

 shaped, with 5 flaring lobes, downy. 

 Leaves — Opposite, small, narrow. Plant stem 

 somewhat angled, with spreading 

 branches. 



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