. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. OXEYE DAISY An erect perennial to 2 feet high. Lower leaves stalked, obovate to spatulate, toothed, 1 to 3 inches long; upper leaves not stalked, clasping, oblong, toothed near base. Flower heads borne singly at end of stem, 1 to 2 inches across, with yellow ray florets and white disk flowers. Introduced, occasionafly found as a garden escape in meadows and moist roadsides. Cichorium intybus L. CHICORY. A perennial with a long, thick, deep root and branching, hairy stems 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves mostly basal, usuall
. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. OXEYE DAISY An erect perennial to 2 feet high. Lower leaves stalked, obovate to spatulate, toothed, 1 to 3 inches long; upper leaves not stalked, clasping, oblong, toothed near base. Flower heads borne singly at end of stem, 1 to 2 inches across, with yellow ray florets and white disk flowers. Introduced, occasionafly found as a garden escape in meadows and moist roadsides. Cichorium intybus L. CHICORY. A perennial with a long, thick, deep root and branching, hairy stems 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves mostly basal, usually spatulate but deeply toothed or pinnatifid, with backward-pointing lobes, to 6 inches long; upper stem leaves small, lanceolate, stalkless, entire or lobed. Flowers bright blue, about 2 inches across, in clusters of 3 or 4 without stalks, at intervals along the upper leafless part of stems. Fairly common introduced weed of southeastern prairies but scarcer in the west. Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose WESTERN WATER HEMLOCK. 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 Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Branch. Ottawa, Queen's Printer
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