COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



A rather large-flowered plant which is 

 Plantain frequently communistic, tinting the road- 



Erigeron si( ^e or field with its delicate lilac. The 



pulcheilus light olive green stem and leaves are very 



Lilac or soft-hairy, the basal leaves broad at the 



May-June* tip and indistinctl y toothed. The showy 



flowers, 1 inch broad, vary from lilac or 

 magenta to a violet-purple ; the somewhat green-yellow 

 disc is broader than the fine rays are long. Fertilized 

 by bumblebees and honeybees (the most frequent visitors) 

 and butterflies. 10-22 inches high. Common every- 

 where. 



Common ^ similar but taller plant with light ma- 



Fleabane genta or pale pink flowers and a soft-hairy 



Erigeron (rarely smooth) stem ; 1-2 feet high. Com- 



Philadelphicus mon throughout our range, but less fre- 

 quent than E. bettidifolius, and blooming to August. 



A small plant with short white hairs ; 

 or Pussy=toes the three-ribbed basal leaves broad near 

 Antennaria the tip, the stalks nearly as long as the 

 plantaginifolia leaf. Upper stem leaves lance-shaped. 

 White Tne } mear sca i es o f the small, J inch long 



flower-head are green or purple at the 

 base, and white or purplish at the tip. The styles crim- 

 son. Dry soil. Southern Me., to Minn., and South. 



A tall and stocky species with oblong, 

 Antennana or fo^nt lance-shaped leaves crowded on 

 May-July the stem, all covered with magenta-purple, 



glandular hairs. The large flower heads 

 in a loose cluster. 12-18 inches high. Fertile slopes and 

 . open woods. N. Eng., to la., south to Va. 



A species with larger flower-heads. The 

 Antennaria basal leaves gray soft-hairy above, and the 

 Ma^June greenish or tawny scales of the calyx have 



rather dry petallike tips. Northern N. 

 Eng., south to La., and west to Minn. The basal leaves 

 of this species are large, 1-2 inches, broadly ovate, and 

 the stem leaves oblong lance-shaped. The pistil is some- 

 times crimson. 



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