SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Composltac. 



the Aster group and by some authorities regarded as 



Asters. 



Xylorrhiza A handsome plant, growing in clumps 



Xylorrhlza O ver two feet high, with prickly leaves and 



toriifolio beautiful flowers, two inches and a half 



Lilac 



Spring across, with rays shading from bright 



Southwest, lilac to nearly white and yellow centers. 



Utah, Col. This is common in the Grand Canyon. 



There are a good many kinds of Arnica, natives cf the 

 northern hemisphere. This is the ancient name and a 

 European kind is much used medicinally. 



_ A handsome mountain flower, with a 



Heart-leaved . . 



Arnica hairy stem, from six inches to two feet 



Arnica cordifdlia tall, and velvety leaves, coarsely toothed, 

 Yellow the lower ones usually heart-shaped. The 



. flower-heads are usually single, over two 

 West, except Ariz.. 



inches across, with bnght yellow rays, an 



orange center, and a hairy involucre. This is common in 

 rich moist soil in mountain valleys, as far east as Colorado. 



. , . A handsome kind, sometimes a foot 

 Broad-leaved 



Arnica anc * a "* tall, with pretty flowers, about 



Arnica latifdlia two inches across, with very bright yellow 



Yellow rays. The bright green leaves are thin in 



texture and practically smooth, the lower 

 Northwest ' 



ones more or less roundish, with leaf 



stalks. This grows in mountain woods. 



There are many kinds of Artemisia; herbs or shrubs, 

 usually bitter and aromatic, widely distributed. 



This is the characteristic sort, often 

 immensely abundant and found as far east 

 Artemisia as Colorado, often tinting the landscape 



trident&ta for miles with its pale and beautiful 



Yellow foliage and one of the dominant shrubs in 



the Great Basin. It is very branching, 

 from one to twelve feet high, with a dis- 

 tinct trunk and shreddy bark, and the twigs and alternate 

 leaves are all gray-green, covered with silvery down, the 

 upper leaves small and toothless, the lower wedge-shaped, 

 with usually three, blunt teeth. The small yellow flowers 

 have no rays and grow in small, close clusters, forming long 

 sprays towards the ends of the branches. Sagebrush is a 

 "soil indicator" and when the prospective rancher finds 

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