Composite Jfamil^. 



Robin's Plantain. Erigeron hellidifolius. 



Found in meadows and fields, during May and June. 



The stalk (from 8 to 18 inches high) is single, and sparingly leafy ; 

 grooved, and slightly hairy. Color, light green. 



The long, narrow leaf, with a tapering tip, and a partly-clasping 

 base, has a taut midrib which fulls the blade ; its margin is sparsely 

 notched (except that of the upper leaves), and the surface is slightly 

 hairy. The color is green, with a paler midrib. The arrangement is 

 alternate, and at long intervals. 



The disc flowers are very small, and in color greenish-yellow ; set 

 in a flat-topped head, surrounded by many long rays, like a finely cut 

 fringe, which are blue or pinkish-lavender. The cup is hemispherical, 

 and green. The heads form a flat-topped terminal cluster. 



Robin's Plantain grows in communities among tall grasses, swaying 

 gi'acefully on its long stalks as the breeze sweeps over the field. This 

 is apparently the only one of its class that is distinguished by an 

 atti-active folk-name of its own, — all the rest are Daisy Fleabanes. 



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