YELLOW AND ORANGE WILD FLOWERS 
from a fibrous root. The smooth, hollow, grooved 
stalk is leafy below, and contains a milky juice. The 
large leaves are very decorative, and are used as a 
salad and as a pot herb. They are Dandelion-like, 
smooth, shining and clasp the stalk with a heart- 
shaped vase. They are sharply cut into several irre- 
gular, misshapen triangles that succeed each other 
closely. Their wavy margins are toothed or edged 
with soft, weak spines. Other leaves are lance- 
shaped with smooth margins. They alternate along 
the stalk, and have a stout midrib. The lower leaves 
are stemmed. Hare’s Lettuce became a popular 
name for this plant because the large leaves afforded 
shelter for that animal, and, according to “Grete 
Herbale,” ‘if the hare come under it, he is sure that 
no beaste can touch hym.” The small, pale yellow, 
flat-topped flower heads are loosely arranged in a 
spreading, terminal cluster. The numerous fluffy 
florets are set in a green, vase-shaped cup. The Sow 
Thistle is a common plant everywhere in fields, and 
along roadways and fence rows from May to November. 
SPRING, OR SHARP=FRINGED SOW THISTLE 
Sénchus dsper. Chicory Family. 
An annual species, similar to the Common Sow 
Thistle. The lower leaves are pointed paddle-shaped, 
and taper into a narrow stem. The upper leaves are 
gracefully arched and slightly folded, with irregular 
wavy margins that are thistle-like and fringed with 
many rather weak, spine-like points. They clasp the 
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