. 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. 44° COMPOSITAE. Vol. 12. Erigeron Bellidiastrum Nutt. Western Daisy Fleabane. Fig. 4372. Erigeron Bellidiastrum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II) 7: 307. 1841. Annual, much branched, 6'-iS' high, cinereous-pubes- cent throughout. Leaves entire, linear-spatulate, the lower and basal petioled, i'-ii' long, the upper sessile and smaller; heads several or nume
. 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. 44° COMPOSITAE. Vol. 12. Erigeron Bellidiastrum Nutt. Western Daisy Fleabane. Fig. 4372. Erigeron Bellidiastrum Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II) 7: 307. 1841. Annual, much branched, 6'-iS' high, cinereous-pubes- cent throughout. Leaves entire, linear-spatulate, the lower and basal petioled, i'-ii' long, the upper sessile and smaller; heads several or numerous, s"-8" broad; involucre hemispheric, about 2" high, its bracts linear, hirsute, acute; rays 30-65, purplish, about 2" long; pappus a single series of capillary bristles. In moist soil, South Dakota to Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Wyoming and Arizona. May-July. Sweet Scabious. White-top. Fig. 4373. 13. Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers. Aster annuus L. Sp. PI. 875. 1753. Erigeron annuus Pers. Syn. 2: 431. 1807. Annual, sparingly pubescent with spreading hairs; stem erect, corymbosely branched, i°-4° high. Leaves thin, the lower and basal ones ovate or ovate-lan- ceolate, mostly obtuse, petioled, usually coarsely dentate, 2'-6' long, 1/-3' wide, the upper sessile or short-petioled, lanceolate, oblong, or linear-lanceo- late, acute or acuminate, mostly sharply dentate in the middle, those of the branches narrower and often entire; heads rather numerous, S"-7" broad, mostly short-peduncled; bracts of the hemispheric involucre somewhat hispid; rays '40-70, linear, white, or commonly tinged with purple, 2"-^" long; pappus double, the inner a series of slender fragile deciduous bristles, often wanting in the ray-flowers, the outer a persistent series of short, partly united, slender scales. In fields, Nova Scotia to Manitoba, Georgia, Kentucky and Missouri and in continentalEurope. Daisy-fleabane. Lace-buttons. Please note that these image
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