WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 95 



57. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, 



flowers in cluster, plant upright, herb, flowers 



composite, with white rays. 



DAISY FLEABANE (Erigeron annuus). Composite family. 

 Ht. i-several ft.; ray-flowers white with many 

 narrow rays; disk yellow; flower-heads on stalks 

 without leaves; stem branching with hairs; leaves 

 oval-egg-shaped with teeth. Waste places. Early 

 summer. 



HORSE-WEED (Erigeron Canadensis). Composite family. 

 Ht. 1-6 ft., upright, hairy, branching; flower-heads 

 small, cylindrical, in large open cluster (panicle). 

 Waste ground, common. Early summer-autumn. 



WHITE ASTERS. Composite family. 



Ray-flowers white, disk yellow, flower-heads on 

 leafy stalks; stems generally smooth or pubescent. 



SILVER-ROD (Solidago bicolor). Composite family. 



Upright single stem or branched; flowers clustered 

 along stem, few in cluster, small with whitish rays; 

 leaves pointed. Dry ground. Summer and early 

 autumn. 



See also WILD LETTUCE (Yellow 22). 



58. Same as 57, but flowers without white rays. 



PLANTAIN-LEAVED EVERLASTING (Antennaria plantagi- 



ni folia). Composite family. 



Ht. few in.-ij ft.; stem woolly; heads with many 

 tubular flowers; leaves not toothed, those of stem 

 narrowly, those at base broadly lance-shaped, 

 lying against stem. Banks. Early spring. 



COMMON EVERLASTING (Gnaphalium polycephalum) . 



Composite family. 



Av. ht. 2 ft.; woolly, fragrant; flowers tubular, 

 flower-heads clustered at top ; leaves woolly on 

 under side, lance-shaped, tapering at base. Fields 

 and woods. 



