Composite Jfainil^. 



Daisy Fleabane. Erigeron PhiladeVphicus. 



Found in meadows and roadsides during June. 



The simple, and leafy, stalk grows from 2 to 3 feet high ; it is 

 rather slender, finely grooved or lined, and a little hairy. In color a 

 light green. 



The root-leaves are very long, the others decrease in size as they 

 mount the stalk ; they are long and narrow, with sparsely and irregularly 

 notched margins (sometimes only one to a leaf), and a firm texture, 

 — smooth to the touch. The color is green. They clasp the stalk 

 partly, and occur alternately. 



The disc flowers form a small flat button, which is at first gi'eenish, 

 and later changes to yellowish-orange ; the rays are many, fine and 

 fringy in appearance, and varying in color from white to pink. The 

 cup is light green. The flower heads grow in somewhat flat-topped 

 clusters on the top of the stalk, upon limber stems which ai'e inclined 

 to droop. 



This Fleabane follows Robin's Plantain in the succession of June 

 flowers, and bears a general resemblance to the other plants of its 

 genus, which renders it difficult to distinguish individually from its 

 fellows. 



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