
ASTER FAMILY 61 
Rose THISTLE CARDUUS UNDULATUS 
Plate 37, fig. 6 
The Rose Thistle is so named on account of the bright rose-purple 
flower-heads, which bloom in summer and autumn. The plants are 
2-5 ft. tall and grow on plains, prairies and foothills at 5000-7000 
ft. The gray-green foliage is very spiny, but forms good food for 
cattle when bruised to destroy the spines. Donkeys eat the plants, 
spines and all, and seem to relish them. The Thistle is the badge 
of Scotland. 
HAWKSBEARD CREPIS RUNCINATA 
Plate 37, fig. 7 
The Hawksbeard has dandelion-like flower-heads of a golden yel- 
low, which bloom in midsummer. The plants grow 1-2 ft. tall in 
mountain meadows and bogs at 8000-11000 ft. 
PRAIRIE GOLDENROD SOLIDAGO MISSOURIENSIS 
Plate 38, fig. 1 
The flower-clusters of the goldenrods vary from rather slender, 
stiff spikes, which give the name to the group, to large, spreading, 
feathery panicles. The Prairie Goldenrod belongs to the latter class 
and is only medium-sized, both as to flower-clusters and plants, which 
are 8 in.-2 ft. tall. It blooms from midsummer to autumn and is most 
at home on the prairies, though it also occurs in meadows and on 
gravel-slides at 3000-10000 ft. The Goldenrod is the state flower of 
Nebraska. The botanical name for the genus comes from the Greek 
“to make whole” and refers to the healing properties formerly at- 
tributed to the plant. 
Pussy’s Tors ANTENNARIA DIOECA 
Plate 38, fig. 2 
The flowers of Pussy’s Toes would scarely be recognized as such 
by the casual passer-by, since the soft fuzzy balls that give the plant 
