. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. Erigeron philadelphicus L. Philadel- phia Fleabane. Skevish. Fig. 4370. Erigeron philadelphicus L. Sp. PI. 863. 1753. Perennial by stolons and offsets, soft-pubescent or sometimes nearly glabrous; stems slender, mostly branched above, l°-3° high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or obovate, obtuse, dentate, 1/-3' long, narrowed into short petioles; upper st
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. Erigeron philadelphicus L. Philadel- phia Fleabane. Skevish. Fig. 4370. Erigeron philadelphicus L. Sp. PI. 863. 1753. Perennial by stolons and offsets, soft-pubescent or sometimes nearly glabrous; stems slender, mostly branched above, l°-3° high. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or obovate, obtuse, dentate, 1/-3' long, narrowed into short petioles; upper stem leaves clasping and often cordate at the base, obtuse or acute, dentate or entire; heads several or numerous, corymbose-paniculate, 5"- 12" broad, slender-peduncled; peduncles thick- ened at the summit; involucre depressed-hemi- spheric, its bracts linear, usually scarious-mar- gined; rays 100-150, 2"-^" long, light rose-purple to pinkish; pappus simple; achenes puberulent. In fields and woods, Labrador to British Columbia, Florida and California, but locally rare. Races differ in leaf-form and pubescence. Buds drooping. Sweet scabious. Daisy-fleabane. April-Aug. 11. Erigeron divergens T. & G. Spreading Fleabane. Fig. 4371. Erigeron divergens T. & G. Fl. N. A. 2 : 175. 1841. Annual or biennial, diffusely branched, 6'-is' high, densely cinereous-pubescent or hirsute. Basal and lower leaves spatulate or oblanceolate, acute or ob- tuse, mostly petioled, entire, dentate or lobed, 1-2' long, 2"-s" wide, the upper sessile, linear or nar- rowly spatulate, usually acute, gradually smaller; heads slender-peduncled, 8"-i2" broad, usually nu- merous; involucre hemispheric, about 2" high, its bracts linear, acute, hirsute or canescent; rays about 100, purplish, violet or nearly white, 2"-4" long; pappus double, the shorter outer row of bristles subulate. In moist soil, Montana to Nebraska, Texas, Mexico, Washington and Cal
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