HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



Rough or Woodland Sunflower 

 H. divaricatus. — Color of both rays and disk, yellow. A lower 

 species, from 2 to 6 feet high, perennial from rootstock. The in- 

 volucral scales around the flowers are few, narrow, and unusually 

 long. Leaves, opposite, widely spreading, lance-shaped or ovate, 

 tapering to a sharp point, rough above, smooth underneath, 

 toothed. Stem, smooth except near the top, where it is softly 

 downy, slender. July to September. 



From northern New York and New England to Florida and 

 Louisiana. In dry woodlands, thickets, and open woods. 

 These are among the flowers that help to round out the 

 beauty of the autumn plant-life with rich, heavy, golden 

 color, making us welcome that last of the flowering seasons 

 as we do the spring. (See illustration, p. 231.) 



H. deca.peta.lus. — Color of both rays and disk, yellow. Leaves, 

 thin, sharply pointed, toothed, the lower opposite, with petioles; 

 the upper generally alternate, softly downy or rough. Number 

 of rays about 10, with some of the involucral bracts showing be- 

 tween. Blossom, not large. Stem, smooth, branching, 1 to 5 feet 

 high. August and September. 



In wet places, as banks of streams, moist copses, damp 

 woods, from Quebec to Florida and westward. Most of the 

 sunflowers are perennials. The tall garden sunflower, H. 

 annuns, is an exception, being an annual. It is cultivated 

 from seed, not only for its showy, big flowers, but because 

 its seed is fed to chickens, parrots, and tame squirrels. 



Actinomeris aUernifblia (" partly rayed "). — Family, Composite. 

 Color of rays and disk, yellow, the disk becoming brownish. 

 Rays few, 5 or 6 or more; sometimes none. Leaves, alternate, 

 or the lower opposite, hairy, oblong, or narrow and lance-shaped, 

 deeply toothed, acute at both ends, the lower short-petioled, the 

 upper sessile. A plant 4 to 8 feet high, with a coarse stem, which 

 is hairy, winged above. Flowers, in loose corymbs. August and 

 September. 



This plant has been found near Paterson and Montclair, 

 New Jersey. Its range is from western New York south- 

 ward. In rich soil. 



Bur Marigold. Beggar-ticks 



Bidens frondbsa (" 2-toothed," referring to the 2 horns on the 

 achenes). — Family, Composite. Color, greenish or pale yellow, 



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