CHICORY FAMILY. Cicoriaceae, 



southern California, blooming in summer and autumn. 



An attractive little desert plant, about 

 Desert Dandelion . ., . , . , . 



Maldcothrix ^ ve mcnes tall, with stimsh, pale bluish- 



Fendleri green leaves, forming a rosette, and pretty, 



Yellow very pale yellow flowers, nearly an inch 



Sp 5 ing across, like a delicate sort of Dandelion. 



It is a near relation of the common Dan- 

 delion and blooms early in the spring. 



This is the common Salsify, the root of 

 Salsify, Oyster w hi c h is used as a vegetable. It is natural- 

 Plant . . 

 Tragopbgon lzed from Eur P e and 1S ncw Quite 

 porrifblius common in the West as a "stray" and 

 Purple also in the East. It has a smooth, stout, 

 Spring, summer hollow stem f rom two to over f our f eet 

 West, etc. 



tall, rather dark green, smooth leaves, 



clasping at base, and handsome flowers from two to four 

 inches across, which are a very peculiar shade of reddish- 

 purple, not usually seen in flowers. They open early in 

 the morning, closing by midday and fading almost im- 

 mediately when picked, and may be seen growing along 

 the edges of fields and just outside garden fences where 

 they are often quite conspicuous. This plant has many 

 common names, such as Jerusalem Star, Nap-at-noon, and 

 Vegetable Oyster. 



A straggling desert plant, from a few 



Desert Chicory inches tQ a foQt and & half m h with 

 Nemoslris Neo- , . 1 



Mexichna smooth branching stems and smooth, very 



(Rafinesquia) pale bluish-green leaves, rather thick in 

 White texture. The pretty flowers are from one 



pnng to two inches across, white, tinged with 



Ariz., New Mex. . 



pink or cream-color and a little yellow m 



the middle, often striped with magenta on the outside, and 

 the bracts of the involucre tinged with pink and bordered 

 with white. N. Calif ornica is a branching plant, from one 

 to five feet tall, with a stout stem and smooth oblcng 

 leaves, lobed, toothed, or almost toothless, and quite 

 pretty flowers at the ends of the branches. They are about 

 an inch across, white, often tinged with magenta on the 

 outside. This grows in California and Oregon, usually in 

 ehady or moist places. 



There are several kinds of Cichorium, natives of the Old 

 World. The name is from the Arabic. 

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