SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 
This is rather pretty, with slender, 
Fleabane ; : ‘ 
Fvtucicus tuekeaee brittle, downy stems, from six to eighteen 
Purple inches tall, and small, narrow, rough, dull 
Summer green leaves. The flowers grow singly, at 
California 
the ends of short leafy branches, and are 
each less than an inch across, with rather few violet or 
pinkish-purple rays and a yellow center. This is common 
around Yosemite and looks a good deal like an Aster. 
A rather odd-looking plant, with numer- 
Whip-lash 
Fleabane ous, very slender, weak, branching stems, 
Ericeron trailing on the ground, and very small, 
flagellaris toothless, grayish-green, downy leaves, 
White, pink forming a rather dense, low bush, about 
Summer 
two and a half feet across, the long sprays 
interlacing and dotted here and there 
with pretty little flowers, with numerous fine, white, pink- 
tipped rays and a yellow center. The sprays often take 
root at the tip. This grows in the Grand Canyon, and 
is found as far east as Colorado. 
A rather attractive little plant, forming 
Ariz., Utah, etc. 
Rayless Fleabane 
Erigeron con- small clumps, about five inches high, with 
cinnus var. several very hairy stems and light dull 
eaaaoe green, very hairy leaves. The many 
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Srining flower-heads are less than half an inch 
Utah, Nev., Cal. across, deep yellow, without rays. This 
etc. grows on dry plains and mesas, as far 
east as Colorado, and has a rather starved appearance. 
A dear little common plant, from six 
J gheagoe: to fifteen inches high, with several slender, 
Fleabane b is 3 t d f. hat 
on ranching, hairy stems, and soft, hairy, 
divérgens gray-green leaves, the upper ones small 
Violet and narrow, without leaf-stalks and the 
Spring, summer, jower ones sometimes with two or three 
sh ngres lobes and with leaf-stalks. The flower- 
heads, several or many, on slender flower- . 
stalks, measure nearly an inch across in spring, but are 
smaller in summer, and have numerous very narrow rays, 
white towards the center, shading to bright violet or pink 
‘at the tips, with a bright yellow center. This often grows 
in quantities on dry plains and mountain-sides, as far 
east as Texas, and is quite charming, the tufts of foliage, 
dotted with pretty delicate little flowers, not touching 
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