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flowers in early summer and occur on prairies, plains and foothills at 
3000-8000 ft. 
° SNEEZEWEED HELENIUM HOoPEsII 
Plate 41, fig. 3 
The heads of the Sneezeweed are large and orange-yellow. They 
grow on stiff stems 2-6 ft. tall and bloom all summer. The plants are 
found in spruce forests, aspen woodlands and subalpine meadows at 
9000-12000 ft. They are poisonous to stock. The common name has 
reference to the effect that the strong odor of the flowers have on some 
people. 
CREAM TIPS HyMENOPAPPUS TENUIFOLIUS 
Plate 41, fig. 4 
The yellow heads of the Cream Tips are without ray-flowers. They 
grow on slender stems 1-4 ft. tall and bloom in spring and midsum- 
mer. The plants have very finely cut leaves and are found on prairies, 
plains and foothills at 3000-7000 it. 
TAPER LEAF  PERICOME CAUDATA 
Plate 41, fig. 5 
The Taper Leaf is a bushy ornamental plant covered in midsummer 
and autumn with open clusters of fragrant yellow flower-heads. The 
tips of the leaves are narrowed to a long, slender point and this char- 
acter is expressed in both the botanical and common names. The 
bushes grow 3-6 ft. high, and 3-8 ft. wide and occur on foothills and 
gravel-slides at 6000-8000 ft. 
MARIGOLD DySODIA PAPPOSA 
Plate 41, fig. 6 
The wild Marigold looks like a tiny form of the garden Marigold 
and has a similar spicy fragrance. It grows 1 in.-1 ft. tall and is 
abundant along roadsides and in fallow fields and pastures at 3000- 
8000 ft. 
