Carduaceae 291 



Stems tufted, closely white-hairy 

 Erigeron 



csespitosus from a dee P root 5 sim P le or 

 Nutt. branched above, 6-12 inches 



Tufted high. Leaves white-hairy, en- 



tire, narrowly oblanceolate or 

 spatulate, obtuse or acutish, 1-3 inches 

 long; stem-leaves linear or linear-oblong, 

 acute or obtuse, the upper gradually shorter. 

 Heads solitary or several, short-peduncled, 

 J-J an inch broad; involucre hemispheric 

 its bracts lanceolate or linear-oblong acute, 

 white-hairy; rays 40-60, J J- of an inch 

 long, white or pinkish. 



In dry open places in the Rockies at the 

 lower altitudes, a pretty tufted plant re- 

 sembling an Aster; flowering during July. 



Eri eron Rough-hairy or somewhat 



multifidus smooth, stems slender, numer- 



Rydb. ous, 3-6 inches high. Leaves 



Daisy crowded on the crowns of the 



Fleabane. 



caudex, usually twice ternately 

 parted into linear or spatulate hairy lobes; 

 an inch long or less including the petiole; 



