PRACTICAL GUIDE 



TO THE 



WILD FLOWERS & FRUITS 



YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 



I. LEAVES OPPOSITE. 

 1. Leaves opposite, flowers composite. 



WILD SUNFLOWER (Helianthus divaricates). Composite 



family. 



Ht. i to several ft.; flower-heads 8-10 rays, 

 rays i in. long; leaves egg-lance-shaped, without 

 stalks. Woods. Summer. 



SMALLER BUR MARIGOLD (Bidens cernua). Composite 



family. 



Ht. few in. to 3 ft.; nearly smooth; small heads of 

 yellowish tubular flowers, nodding, with or without 

 yellow rays; leaves lance-shaped, unevenly toothed. 

 Wet places. Summer. 



STICK-TIGHT. BUR MARIGOLD (Bidens frondosa). Com- 

 posite family. 



Ht. i to several ft. ; yellowish tubular flowers in small 

 head surrounded apparently by green leaves (invo- 

 lucre) ; leaves 3- to ^-divided; leaflets broadly lance- 

 shaped, coarsely toothed. Wet places. Summer 

 and autumn. 



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