KOQ 



OZO 



COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 



Time of bloom : May to September. 



Seed-time: June to October. 



Range: Massachusetts to Ontario and Manitoba, southward to 



Georgia and Kansas. 

 Habitat: Meadows, open woods, waste places. 



The roots of Cynthia are fibrous, 

 clustered, and spreading, the stems one 

 to two feet in height, smooth and 

 naked, except that above the middle 

 there is usually an oblong, clasping leaf 

 occasionally two, or three above 

 which may spring one or more branches. 

 Root leaves tufted, smooth, glaucous, 

 three to six inches or more long, with 

 edges toothed or wavy, rarely pinnatifid, 

 the petioles long and winged. Heads 

 solitary, terminating stem and branches, 

 more than an inch broad, with about 

 twenty bright orange-yellow rays, toothed 

 at tips ; involucre of smooth, thin, lance- 

 shaped bracts, all of the same length. 

 Achenes nearly oblong, with a pappus of 

 ten to fifteen oblong, chaffy scales sur- 

 rounding an inner row of fifteen to 

 twenty delicate bristles. (Fig. 364.) 



Means of control 



Meadows where the plant is abun- 

 dant should be put to a cultivated crop, 



FIG. 364.- Cynthia (Krigia wel1 tilled > and fertilized, before reseed- 

 amplexicaulis). X J. ing. 



GOSMORE 



Hypochaeris radicata, L. 



Other English names: Long-rooted Cat's-ear, Flatweed. 

 Introduced. Perennial. Propagates by seeds. 

 Time of bloom : May to October. 

 Seed-time: June to November. 



