. 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. 278 MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY) poisonous, but Pammel1 states that " there is no evidence to sup- port this ; (Fig. 194.) Stems two to ten inches in height, growing in tufts from a peren- nial deep-boring taproot. Alternate leaves but one or two inches long, rounded oval in outline but deeply three- to five-lobed and the seg- ments again incised; lower leaves with slender petioles but th
. 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. 278 MALVACEAE (MALLOW FAMILY) poisonous, but Pammel1 states that " there is no evidence to sup- port this ; (Fig. 194.) Stems two to ten inches in height, growing in tufts from a peren- nial deep-boring taproot. Alternate leaves but one or two inches long, rounded oval in outline but deeply three- to five-lobed and the seg- ments again incised; lower leaves with slender petioles but those above nearly sessile. Flowers in crowded terminal racemes on each of the numerous stalks, brick red in color, each blos- som a half-inch or more across, the five petals often slightly notched at the tips and longer than the pointed calyx-lobes; styles five or more, surrounded by the ring of many united stamens. Carpels, ten to fifteen, rough, net- veined, and usually but one-seeded. Means of control Fl(, 1!M _ i;,.] Infested pastures should be broken up and False Mallow (Mai- reseeded to better forage. Until this is done vastrum coccineum). gypjj wee(js can De guarded against only by herding away from them the animals for which they seem to be PRICKLY SIDA Sida spinbsa, L. Other English names: Thistle Mallow, Spiny Sida. Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. Time of bloom: Late May to September. Seed-time: July to October. Range: Maine to Michigan, Iowa, and Kansas, southward to Florida and Texas. Habitat: Dry clay soils; fields, gardens, pastures, and waste places. An emigrant from tropical America, which is gradually gaining ground to the north and the west. Stems eight to twenty inches 1 Manual of Poisonous 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,
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