COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



The commonest of all common weeds of 



Oxeye Daisy ^ fie]d and gid often ca u e a Farm- 



Chrysanthe- 



mum Leucan- er ' s Curse, yet a prime favorite with chil- 



tkemum var. dren arid artists ! The flower's form is a 



pinnatifidum summum bonum of simplicity and decora- 



un ~ tive beauty. The golden yellow disc, de- 



pressed in the centre, is formed of perfect 

 flowers ; the white rays are pistillate. The dark green 

 leaves are ornamentally lobed. 15-25 inches high. The 

 name, from the Greek, means golden flower. 



A tall, branching species commonly cul- 

 - tivated, with small daisylike flowers in 

 mum Par- generous clusters ; the stem smooth, the 

 thenium ornamental leaves broad and deeply lobed. 



White Flowers small, with large yellow discs of 



Se^ember P erfect florets. 1-2 feet high. Natural- 



ized from Europe, and mostly an escape 

 from gardens. Mass, to N. J., and w^est to Wis. 



A common weed naturalized from Eu- 

 Tanacetum rope, generally an escape from gardens 

 vulgare belonging to old dwellings. The flatly 



Orange=yellow clustered dull orange-yellow flower-heads 



resemble those of the daisy minus the 

 September 



white rays ; inner florets pertect and mar- 



ginal ones pistillate. The compound, deep green leaves, 

 ornamentally toothed and cut, are strongly aromatic. 

 18-30 inches high. Me ., south to N. Car. , west to S. Dak. 



A seaside weed with inconspicuous, tiny, 

 Wormwood green-yellow flowers in long slender clus- 

 Artemisia ters, the little flower-heads mostly nod- 



caudata ding ; the marginal florets pistillate, the 



Green=yellow central ones perfect. The bitter-tasting, 

 long, linear, deeply cut leaves with thread- 

 like divisions. 2-5 feet high. Me. , south, west to Neb. 



A familiar, uninteresting weed natural- 



ized from Europe, found in all waste places 

 Artemisia r 



vulgaris or near * houses. The smooth green 



leaves deeply cut, and with lobes coarsely 

 toothed at the tips. The inconspicuous green-yellow 

 flowers erect, not nodding in a simple, leafy spike. 1-3 

 feet high. Me., south to N. J. and Pa., west to Mich. 



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