Vello'w and Orange 



dine's, and similar pinnatifid leaves springing chiefly from the 

 base, blooms even in March and through the spring m the Mid- 

 dle States and westward to Wisconsin and Missouri. Usually 

 only one of the few terminal blossoms opens at a time, but in 

 low, open woodlands it gleams like a miniature sun. Alas! that 

 the glorious California Poppy, so commonly grown in Eastern 

 gardens {Eschscholt^ia Californica), should confine itself to a 

 limited range on the Pacific Coast. We have no true native pop- 

 pies {Papaver) in America ; such as are rarely to be seen in a 

 wild state, have only locally escaped from cultivation. 



Golden Corydalis 



{Capnotdes aureum) Poppy family 

 {Corydalis aurea of Gray) 



Flowers — Bright yellow, about % in. long, with a spur half the 

 length of the tubular corolla ; irregular, lipped; each upheld 

 by a little bract, mostly at a horizontal; borne in a terminal, 

 short raceme. Stem: Smooth, 6 to 14 in. high, branching. 

 Leaves: Finely dissected, decompound, petioled. Fruit: 

 Sickle-shaped, drooping pods, wavy lumped, and tipped 

 with the style. 



Preferred Habitat — Woods, rocky banks. 



Flowering Season — March — May. 



Distribution — Minnesota to Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania. 



A dainty little plant, next of kin to the pink corydalis (see 

 P- 95)- 



Black Mustard 



(Brnssica nigra) Mustard family 



Flowers — Bright yellow, fading pale, ^ to ^ in. across, 4-parted, 

 in elongated racemes ; quickly followed by narrow upright 

 4-sided pods about >^ in. long appressed against the stem. 

 Stem: Erect, 2 to 7 ft. tall, branching. Leaves: Variously 

 lobed and divided, finely toothed, the terminal lobe larger 

 than the 2 to 4 side ones. 



Preferred Habitat — Roadsides, fields, neglected gardens. 



Flowering Season — June — November. 



Distribution — Common throughout our area ; naturalized from 

 Europe and Asia. 



" The kingdom of heaven is li]<e unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man 

 took and sowed in his field : which indeed is less than all seeds ; but when it is 

 grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air 

 come and lodge in the branches thereof" 



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