338 BORAGINACEAE (BORAGE FAMILY) 
Means of control 
Deep cutting, well below the crown, before the first flowers 
mature. Dormant seeds may furnish a young crop, but these 
plants are easily pulled while the taproot is small. 
Fie. 235.— Small 
Fig. 234.— Comfrey (Symphytum offici- Bugloss (Lycopsis arven- 
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SMALL BUGLOSS 
Lycépsis arvénsis, L. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: June to September. 
Seed-time: August to November. 
gia : Quebec to western Ontario and Minnesota, southward to 
irginia. 
Habitat: Dry or sandy soil; fields and waste places. 
Stems six to eighteen inches high, slender, bristly-hairy, many- 
branched, the branches procumbent. Leaves one to two inches 
