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withers the next morning. The large rose-red blossoms grow on plants 
1-2 ft. high and usually densely clustered. They are found on the 
plains and foothills at 4000-7000 ft. 
GOOSEFOOT FAMILY 
STRAWBERRY BLITE CHENOPODIUM CAPITATUM 
Plate 8, fig. 3 
The flowers of the Strawberry Blite are very tiny, but are clustered 
together into conspicuous spikes, usually a brilliant red in color, though 
they may vary from greenish to purple. The plants generally grow 
along brook-banks in fir and spruce forests at 6000-10000 ft. and 
bloom from late spring to midsummer. 
BUCKWHEAT FAMILY 
Lapy’s THumMB, HEArRT’s EASE PoOLYGONUM PENNSILVANICUM 
Plate 8, fig. 4 
The flowers of this plant are small, but they are grouped to form 
brilliant rose-colored spikes an inch or two long. The plants are 2-5 
ft. high and are found in wet ground and dried-up ponds and hence 
are often pests in grain fields during wet years. They are found at 
3000-5000 ft. and bloom all summer. The Heart’s Ease is valuable 
as a honey plant and its seeds occur as a common impurity in clover 
seed. 
GOLDEN BUCKWHEAT  ERIOGONUM JAMESII 
Plate 8, fig. 5 
The tiny whitish to yellow flowers of the Golden Buckwheat are 
clustered in round heads at the tips of stiff gray-green stems. The 
