. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. 82 COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA Because of its supposed efficacv with cattle it i sometimes called "bullock's ; Moth Mullein, Verhascum BlalUiria, (L), is per haps a worse weed than common mullein, as il infests meadows and bears more seeds. Burroughs says of it: "Of beautiful weeds quite a list might be made without including anv of the so-called wild flowers. A favorite of mine is the little moth mullein that blooms along the highway and about the hclds
. Common weeds of Canada [microform] : a pocket guide. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes, Lutte contre les; Weeds; Mauvaises herbes. 82 COMMON WEEDS OF CANADA Because of its supposed efficacv with cattle it i sometimes called "bullock's ; Moth Mullein, Verhascum BlalUiria, (L), is per haps a worse weed than common mullein, as il infests meadows and bears more seeds. Burroughs says of it: "Of beautiful weeds quite a list might be made without including anv of the so-called wild flowers. A favorite of mine is the little moth mullein that blooms along the highway and about the hclds, and maybe upon the edge of the ; The plant has a slender stem 1-2 ft. high, green, smoothish, dentate leaves, and a loose cluster of 1-inch yellow or white flowers marked with purplish brown. The flowers are fragile and pretty; and scattered along the erect slender stem, they look at a distance like so many canary-yellow or purplish white moths alighted for a moment's rest. The se'eds are very small, // brown, and six-sided. TOADFLAX, OR BUTTER AND EGGS. Linaria vulgaris, (Hill). , (1R HUTTKK .\ND l-"(;(iS Dnn* I.';i, i ⢠, /....âââââ.â.,ââââ s,'E,:,:;',"s,;;r,;'. "'il'SfiS; ,.,ââ,. ., . Leaves.âAlternate, linear or nearly so, crowded, sessile, entire, pale. with i)aler lips, o^ yellow and orange, K inch; calyx 5-parted, two-lipped and Imm spurred; iinpleasant odor; flowers in terminal racemes Fruit - ?hp"rZ,l f''"'^u"''^,V'"l ''^ ^ '"''^ "' ^^'""^ ^''"^h forms below the summit of each cell. , , thin, oval, numer- " ^^^[''''^â¢'â "".8'' '"*â¢' ""1^ ^arts; about ,'., inch lone sur- rounded by circular wing. Duration.âPerennial. July - Octolier. â iLf â¢"!? , "'^'?^'. DispersaL-By running rootstwks; by m?tH^"'!^"h- ^'""'*'⢠;\
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