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pound leaves. The purplish violet flowers grow in a compact 
cluster at the end of an erect, leafless stalk, and at the base 
SILVER-WEED 
of this are the leaves. 
24. Silver-weed: Goose Tansy.— Receives its 
name from the silvery appearance of the under 
side of the leaves, due to the silky white hairs 
which cover them. The plant belongs to the Rose 
family, as shown by the structure of the flowers. 
These are yellow and form singly on short stems. 
The plant grows in moist places, lying flat on the 
ground, and creeping along by slender runners. 
25. False Dandelion (Troximon). — This flower 
has the appearance of a dandelion and is often 
mistaken for it, but the flower 
stalk is longer, more siender, and rougher 
than in the dandelion, and the leaves — 
found at the base of the flower stalk — are 
smaller and fewer in number. This is a 
western flower. 
26. Wolf-berry.— In many localities 
known as “ buck brush,” and closely related 
to the snow-berry which is often found in 
cultivation. The wolf-berry is a low shrub 
common along the edges of groves and 
along streams, and is also 
found on the open 
FatsE DANDELION 
prairies. The flowers are white, tinged with 
rose-color, bearded within, and fragrant. 
They grow in clusters at the end of branches 
and in the axils of the leaves. Later in the 
season the bushes are covered with small 
WOLF-BERRY greenish white berries. 
