. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 513 sessile or partly clasping, softly hairy, green on both sides, pinnatifid, the lobes short, triangular, very prickly-toothed. Heads purple, pale lilac, or some- times nearly white, very large, often three inches broad, very sweet-scented; bumblebees are nearly al- ways probing them for nectar, and in the writer's childhood it was a custom of country children to strip
. A manual of weeds : with descriptions of all the most pernicious and troublesome plants in the United States and Canada, their habits of growth and distribution, with methods of control . Weeds. COMPOSITAE (COMPOSITE FAMILY) 513 sessile or partly clasping, softly hairy, green on both sides, pinnatifid, the lobes short, triangular, very prickly-toothed. Heads purple, pale lilac, or some- times nearly white, very large, often three inches broad, very sweet-scented; bumblebees are nearly al- ways probing them for nectar, and in the writer's childhood it was a custom of country children to strip away the bracts, pull the florets from the receptacle, and eat the sugary nectaries like taffy; the heads are solitary, terminal, usually subtended by involucrate clusters of small leaves, the outer bracts of the invo- lucre sometimes slightly glutinous on the back, prickly-tipped, the inner ones unarmed and very slender. (Fig. 355.) Means of control the same as for the Common Fig-. 355. — Pasture or Fragrant Thistle (Cireium pumilum). X \. YELLOW-SPINED THISTLE Cireium ochrocSntum, Gray (Cdrduus ochrocentrus, Greene) Native. Biennial. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: May to September. Seed-time: July to October. Range: Nebraska to Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. Habitat: Plains and prairies. 2l. 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 Georgia, Ada Eljiva, 1859-1921. New York : Macmillan
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