SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 



Flcabane This * S rat ^ er P rettv witn slender, 



Erigeron Brtweri brittle, downy stems, from six to eighteen 

 Purple inches tall, and small, narrow, rough, dull 



Summer green leaves. The flowers grow singly, at 



the ends of short leafy branches, and are 

 each less than an inch across, with rather few violet or 

 pinkish-purple rays and a yellow center. This is common 

 around Yosemite and looks a good deal like an Aster. 



A rather odd-looking plant, with numer- 

 Whip-lash Q ve s i en( i er weak, branching stems, 



Fleabane ' J 



trailing on the ground, and very small, 



toothless, grayish-green, downy leaves, 

 White, pink forming a rather dense, low bush, about 



Summer t and a half feet across t h e long sprays 



Ariz., Utah, etc. . 



interlacing and dotted here and there 



with pretty little flcwers, with numerous fine, white, pink- 

 tipped rays and a yellow center. The sprays often take 

 root at the tip. This grows in the Grand Canyon, and 

 is found as far east as Colorado. I 



Rayiess Fleabane ^ rather attractive little plant, forming 

 Erigeron con- small clumps, about five inches high, with 

 cinnus var. several very hairy stems and light dull 



aphan&ctis green, very hairy leaves. The many 



Spring flower-heads are less than half an inch 



Utah, Nev., Cal. across, deep yellow, without rays. This 

 etc. grows on dry plains and mesas, as far 



east as Colorado, and has a rather starved appearance. 



A dear little common plant, from six 

 Spreading to fif teen j nc hes high, with several slender, 



Fleabane ,. . . ., , . 



Erigeron branching, hairy stems, ana soft, hairy, 



divergens gray-green leaves, the upper ones small 



Violet and narrow, without leaf- stalks and the 



Spring, summer. lower Qnes somet i me s with two or three 



W lobes and with leaf-stalks. The flower- 



est, etc. 



heads, several or many, on slender flower- 

 stalks, measure nearly an inch across in spring, but are 

 smaller in summer, and have numerous very narrow rays r 

 white towards the center, shading to bright violet or pink 

 at the tips, with a bright yellow center. This often grows 

 in quantities on dry plains and mountain-sides, as far 

 east as Texas, and is quite charming, the tufts of foliage, 

 dotted with pretty delicate little flowers, not touching 

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