COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



COMPOSITE. 



Plantain-leaved Everlasting. Antenna/ria plantagvnifoUa. 



Spring Everlasting. 



Pussy-toes. 



Found in light soil, meadows, and uplands, in April and May. 



The short, leafy stalk, covered with a silvery wool, runs on the 

 ground, and is from 8 to 10 inches in height. Pale green in color. 



The small, broad-oval leaf is rounded at the tip, 3-nbbed, of a 

 tough fibre, and, when young, covered with a silky white wool. It is 

 set on a short, margined stem. In color, light grayish-green. 



The flowers are gathered in small heads, — the stamen-bearing and 

 pistil-bearing flowers growing on different plants. The pistil-bearing 

 heads are like little bundles of silky threads, silvery white; the stamen- 

 bearing heads are more rounded in shape, and of a creamy-white color, 

 the tawny stamens being tipped with orange. The heads are set in pale 

 green, urn-shaped, small cups, on short foot-stems, forming a little group 

 on the top of the flower-stem. 



Spring Everlasting spreads rapidly by runners sent out from the 

 main plant, and its grave prettiness does not save it from being con- 

 sidered a troublesome pest by the farmer looking for good grass 

 pasturage for his herd. 



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