WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
stalk in a pleasing manner with a noticeable pair 
of rounded, flaring, ear-like lobes, and they are thin, 
smooth and shining. They were formerly used as a 
pot herb. The light yellow, Thistle-like flower heads 
are few or numerous, and are arranged similar to the 
above species. They are succeeded with a fluffy 
down. The remarkable, highly decorative leafage 
of this plant really demands a more deserving name 
than the one now bestowed upon it. The spring 
‘ Sow Thistle is found from May to November, and is 
common throughout most of our area in waste places 
everywhere. 
WILD, OR TALL LETTUCE. WILD OPIUM. 
TRUMPET WEED. FIREWEED. 
TRUMPET MILKWEED 
Lactica canadénsis. Chicory Family. 
The common, and noticeably tall, leafy stalk of 
the Wild Lettuce raises its unattractive, pale yellow 
flowers anywhere from three to ten feet high, in moist, 
open places, usually along our roadsides, from June 
to November. This milky-juiced plant is annual 
or biennial, and is smooth, and branches loosely at 
the top to accommodate the flowers. The leaves 
are exceedingly variable in size and shape. The 
lower ones are sometimes a foot long, and are very 
irregularly cut, gouged, and wavy-lobed, and as they 
mount the stalk they become more regular, and are 
finally often lance-shaped and entire. The rays of the 
numerous small flower heads are strap-shaped, and 
are set in a little green, vase-shaped cup. The flowers 
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