. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. An annual or biennial 2 to 6 feet high, with palmately or pinnately trifoliolate leaves. Leaf- lets i to 1 inch long, toothed almost to base. Flowers white, -^ inch long, in long, narrow, spike-like racemes. Standard sUghtly longer than wing petals. A yellow-flowered species, M. offi- cinalis (L.) Lam., is similar except that the leaflets are somewhat narrower, the flowers yeflow, and the standard and wing petals are of about equal length. Common along roadsides and waste places. Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM. HAIRY UMBRELLAWORT. A slender pere
. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. An annual or biennial 2 to 6 feet high, with palmately or pinnately trifoliolate leaves. Leaf- lets i to 1 inch long, toothed almost to base. Flowers white, -^ inch long, in long, narrow, spike-like racemes. Standard sUghtly longer than wing petals. A yellow-flowered species, M. offi- cinalis (L.) Lam., is similar except that the leaflets are somewhat narrower, the flowers yeflow, and the standard and wing petals are of about equal length. Common along roadsides and waste places. Mirabilis hirsuta (Pursh) MacM. HAIRY UMBRELLAWORT. A slender perennial 1 to 2 feet high, with sticky glandular hairs on the stem. Leaves 1 to 3 inches long, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, hairy. Flowers without petals but sepals colored, forming a tube or bell, in clusters of 3 to 5 with a saucer-like bract beneath. A form of this species, sometimes classed as a separate species, Oxybaphus pilosus, has narrower leaves and the lower portions of the stem and leaves almost hairless except just under the nodes of the stem. Common on sandy soils throughout southern areas. 68458-9-^ 49. 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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