120 MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



FALL DANDELION. 



Leontodon autumnalis, L. 



This plant belongs to the Order Composita? or Sunflower Family 

 and was introduced from Europe. The genus name Leonid on 

 comes from v : words and means lion-toothed, referring fcc 



the toothed leaves . The specific name autumnalis, means blooming 

 in the autumn, but is hardly applicable to this plant as it blooms 

 from June to November. TLis weed can be readily determined 

 by the following description : the plant from five inches to 

 feet high ; branched and bearing heads at the ends of the scaly 

 thickened branches, which are composed of many yellow strap 

 shaped flowers. Leaves clustered at the root, lance shaped, hairy 

 and cut toothed. Perennial, growing in meadows and along road- 

 sides, and blooming from Jnne to November. It has spread from 

 N ew England to Arkam: Tiere found along roadsides it 



should be dug up. The seeds, which bear at one end a row of 

 tawny brittles. {pappus) are easily carried by the wind to eul- 

 tivated grounds. When introduced, cultivation in a hoed crop is 

 the best way to kill it. 



ite page is shown a fine cut of this weed made from 

 a crayon drawing executed by Miss Kate Furbish, Brunswick, M-. 

 This will enable farmers to tell the plant when they see it. The 

 plat^ ahows :ae plant natural size and alsc ._. or the se 

 magnified and with the bristles (pappus) attached at the end. 



