COMPOSITE FAMILY. Compositae. 



An early flowering species, with deeper 

 Rattlesnake= yellow^ flowers closelv resembling small dan- 

 "Hieracium delions, and generally leafless (or with 1-3 



venosum tiny leaflets), few-haired stems, branching 



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



y^"**^ leaves are dull magenta on the ribs, edges, 



September ^"*^ under side ; 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 ^^^ .^^ j^^. 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, 

 Hierachmi ^ md^aw , rough -hairy (slightly so 



above), and very leafy and hair}^ heloiv. 

 The leaves like H. scabnun. 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 iepaz, a hawk. 



A tall weed with inconspicuous, narrow 



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



stemmed White . ,,., ., „, 



Lettuce rather narrow wandhke spike. The some- 



Prenanthes what thickish light green leaves smooth 

 racemosa and with a slight bloom, scarcely toothed. 



Dull lilac ^j-^^ blunt lance-shaped. The green floral 



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



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

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



A commoner and more interesting 

 Rattlesnake^ species with drooping, dull cream-colored 

 Lettuce^'''*^ flowers, occasionally touched with pale 

 Prenanthes hlac; the green floral envelop has about 8 

 alba magenta-tinged sections; the stamens are 



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