PINK AND RED GROUP 



Red Goosefoot. Coast Blite 



Chenopbdium rubrum. — Family, Goosefoot. Color, red. Calyx, 

 somewhat fleshy, 2 to 4-lobed. Stamens, generally 2. Stigmas, 

 2. Flowers, small, in leafy, compound, axillary and terminal 

 spikes. The plant gets its color from the calyx, which is red or 

 purplish. Leaves, of a triangular outline, coarsely toothed, very 

 acute, thickish, the upper long, narrow, petioled. 1 to 2j feet 

 high. July to September. 



Along the seacoast, in salt marshes, from Newfoundland 

 to New Jersey and westward. 



Saltwort 



Salsola Kali — Family, Goosefoot. Color, a dull or leaden pink 

 imparted to the plant from the wings, which make a circular bor- 

 der along the back of the calyx after it has grown and inclosed the 

 fruit. Flowers, sessile, single, in axils of awl-shaped, very pointed, 

 small leaves ending in a bristle. Plant rather . branched and 

 spreading, 1 to 2 feet high. 



One of those plants, homely annuals, which are found 

 everywhere along our seashores. 



Sand Spurrey 



Spergulkria 'rubra. Family, Pink. Color, dark pink or red. 



Sepals and petals, 5. Stamens, variable, about 10. Styles, most- 

 ly 3. Leaves, flat, linear, thick. Stipules, prominent, sometimes 

 cleft. 



A low, smooth plant, 2 to 6 inches high, the stems upright 

 or prostrate. Smaller leaves are clustered in the axils. 

 Sandy soil near the coast, extending inland from Maine to 

 Virginia, westward to Ohio. 



5. marina. — This is a more strictly marine species, with fleshier 

 leaves and lighter pink corolla, found along the entire Atlantic 

 coast and in saline soils inland. 



Lychnis alba — Family, Pink. Color, white or pink. (See White 

 Flowers, p. 66.) 



Ragged Robin 



L. Flos-cuculi. — Color, red. Calyx, with 5 short teeth. Petals, 



5, each divided into 4 long, narrow lobes. These linear lobes, 



erect, wavy, or curled, make the flower "ragged." The color 



suggests the red breast of the robin, hence the common name. 



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