SUNFLOWER FAMILY. Compositae. 
one to three feet high, the leaves toothed and cut, and the 
flower-heads measuring from one to two inches across, 
with bright golden centers and pure white rays. 
There are several kinds of Coreothrogyne, some re- 
sembling Lessingia, others Aster. 
This forms a clump from one to three 
sae Sed feet high, with many erect stems, white 
filaginifolia with woolly down, at least when young, 
Pink, purple and crowded with alternate, pale grayish- 
Spring, summer, green leaves, thin and soft in texture and 
—— covered with down. The flower-heads are 
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an inch across, with purplish-pink rays 
and dark yellow centers, and contrast rather prettily with 
the pale foliage. In Yosemite this grows on rocky ledges 
below five thousand feet and blooms late.. It is common 
from Monterey to Santa Barbara, blooming at almcst all 
seasons, and is very variable. 
These flowers do not look much like 
a: oa Sp " those of a composite, but give more the 
sparse effect of yellow Wallflowers. The plant 
(Riddellia) is very attractive, from one to two feet 
Yellow tall, with alternate, bluish-green leaves, 
Spring, summer 
é most of them tcothless, and handsome 
Arizona 
clusters of lemon-yellow flowers. They 
are each about three-quarters of an inch across, delicately 
scented, and usually have four large rays, mixed with a 
few smaller and more irregularly shaped, all much more 
like petals than rays and becoming papery in fading. The 
picture is of a plant growing in the Grand Canyon. 
tinea A pretty, compact, shrubby plant, 
Psiléstrophe woody below, about a foot high, with 
Codperi tangled branches, pale downy twigs, and 
Yellow thickish, dull green, downy leaves. The 
Spring 
pretty flowers are an inch and a quarter 
across, with an orange-yellow center and 
five or six, large, clear bright yellow rays, twisted to one 
side and puckered at the base, turning back and becoming 
papery as they fade. This plant is at its best in sandy soil 
and is very effective in the desert. When fully developed 
it is very symmetrical in outline, forming a charming 
yellow globe of flowers. 
There are several kinds of Xylorrhiza, nearly related to 
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