. A guide to the wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. an Msa* umuuA PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. ASHY MILKWEED. {P/afe XXX///.) Asclepias cinerea. 77 FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM MiikiveeJ. PurfU without, ash coloured within. Scentless, Florida to South Carolina. July, A ugust. Flowers : small; growing in umbels. (See A. incarnata, page 76.) Leaves: opposite; lanceolate, or linear narrowing into a petiole. Stem: one to two feet high ; erect; slender; somewhat pubescent. This lovely species of milkweed is found mostly in wet barrens. It is one of our
. A guide to the wild flowers [microform]. Wild flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Botanique. an Msa* umuuA PLANTS GROWING IN MUD. ASHY MILKWEED. {P/afe XXX///.) Asclepias cinerea. 77 FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM MiikiveeJ. PurfU without, ash coloured within. Scentless, Florida to South Carolina. July, A ugust. Flowers : small; growing in umbels. (See A. incarnata, page 76.) Leaves: opposite; lanceolate, or linear narrowing into a petiole. Stem: one to two feet high ; erect; slender; somewhat pubescent. This lovely species of milkweed is found mostly in wet barrens. It is one of our shy and well-bred weeds which must look with disdain upon the bad manners of the numerous European plants that have made their homes in this country. OOLDEN-ROD. Solid^go uUgsnbsa is a "golden-rod that we find iti the peat bogs. !t is one of the earliest of the genus to come into bloom, often budding out in July. The small flowers are closely crowded in long, narrow panicles ; and the leaves are lanceolate and pointed. T hose of the root sometimes grow to a great length. , rough-leaved or spreading golden-rod, is a swamp species that has flower-heads growing in short racemes. The long leaves are noticeable from their very rough upper surface and being smooth on the under si le. page 136, Plate LXIX,. SWAHP ASTERS. FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM Composite. Purple, blue or white. Scentless, General. Lait summet and early autumn, Flmoer-heads : composed of tubular and ligulate flowers; or ray and disk eowers. The rays purple, blue or white and the disks yellow. NEW ENGLAND ASTERS. Asfrr- Nbv(^-Angli(e. The rich soil of the swamps and low grounds can boast as lovely members of the aster family as any field, or roadside. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lounsberry, A
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