. 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) 503 Range: Eastern Massachusetts to east- ern Pennsylvania. Habitat: Moist soil; cultivated ground, ^ waste places. In England, whence this plant came, it is a pest of wet meadows and is said to be poisonous; it is to be hoped that its present restricted range in this country may not enlarge. Scapes stout, very scaly, six to eighteen inches tall. Heads in crowded, racemo
. 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) 503 Range: Eastern Massachusetts to east- ern Pennsylvania. Habitat: Moist soil; cultivated ground, ^ waste places. In England, whence this plant came, it is a pest of wet meadows and is said to be poisonous; it is to be hoped that its present restricted range in this country may not enlarge. Scapes stout, very scaly, six to eighteen inches tall. Heads in crowded, racemose clusters, each about a half-inch broad, on very short pedicels, pinkish purple, fragrant, the florets all tubular; they are dioecious, the staminate heads being smaller than the fertile ones. Leaves appearing 14@| often more than a foot broad when ma- ture, rounded heart-shaped, thick, green and smooth above, white-woolly be- neath, irregularly but sharply toothed, with stout petioles. (Fig. 349.) Means of control the same as for Tussilago. Fig. 349. — Butterfly Dock (Pelasites vulgaris). X £. FIREWEED, OR PILEWORT ErechtUes hieracifdlia, Raf. Native. Annual. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: July to September. Seed-time: August to October. Range: Newfoundland to the Northwest Territory, southward to Florida, Louisiana, and Mexico. Habitat: Woodland borders and recently cleared land, especially if burned over. Coarse plants, with a rank odor and juices most nauseous to the taste. It is a medicinal herb for which collectors receive two or three cents a pound, the whole plant being pulled and dried just before bloom, in which process the leaves turn black. Stem two to eight feet tall, erect, smooth or only slightly hairy, succulent, grooved, usually with ascending branches. Leaves. 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 r
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