COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



An early flowering species, with deeper 

 weld 65 "** 6 " yellowflowers closely resembling small dan- 

 Hieradum delions, and generally leafless (or with 1-S 

 venosum tiny leaflets), few-haired stems, branching 



Light gold to a few-flowered cluster. The liglit green 



leaves are dull magenta on the ribs, edges, 

 September and under side 5 they are hairy, scarcely 



toothed, and clustered at the root. 12-30 

 inches high. Common in woodlands and thickets north- 

 ward, and south to Ga. Only occasional in Vermont 

 and rare or absent in northern New Hampshire. 



The simple stem stout, and remarkable 

 Hieracium for itg hai character. The obovate or 

 scabrum 



very blunt obovate, almost toothless leaves 



are rough-hairy and light dull green. The small ter- 

 minal flower-cluster with several small heads of yellow 

 flowers (the floral envelop a hairy green) is conspicu- 

 ously irregular and angular in its branching. 1-3 feet 

 high. Common in dry woods north ; south to Ga. 



A similar plant with a slenderer stem, 



often ruddy, rough -hairy (slightly BO> 

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above), and very leafy and hairy below. 



The leaves like H. scabrum. The seed-vessels very tap- 

 ering at the summit. The blossoms open only in sun- 

 shine, and very quickly wither. 1-3 feet high. Dry 

 soil ; commoner in the south. North only as far as 

 Mass, and 111. The name from ispa%, a hawk. 



A tall weed with inconspicuous, narrow 



Smooth- flowers of a dull lilac tint, clustered in a 



stemmed White ,, ,,., ., ,, 



Lettuce rather narrow wandlike spike. The some- 



Prenanthes what thickish light green leaves smooth 

 racemosa and with a slight bloom, scarcely toothed, 



Dull li!ac and blunt lance-shaped. The green floral 



Se^ember envelop and its stalk are hairy. 2-5 feet 

 high. In moist fields, Me., south to N. J,, 

 west to S. Dak. , Mo. , and Col. 



A commoner and more interesting 

 Rattlesnake- species with drooping, dull cream-colored 

 root or White flowers> occasionally touched with pale 

 Prenanthes Iilac 5 the green floral envelop has about 8 

 alba magenta-tinged sections; the stamens are 



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