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E-mil’i-a.
Twenty species of herbs from the Old World tropics, at least 2 of which are pantropical weeds. Related to Senecio .
Description
Leaves alternate. Flowerheads small, solitary, or clustered, disk-shaped. Involucre cylindrical or cupped.
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Lo’nas. Anthemis Tube. A single herb from the Mediterranean region.
Description
Leaves alternate, coarsely toothed, divided feather-fashion, with the segments linear. Flowerheads small, tubular, without rays, in dense corymbs.
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Thell-e-sper’ma. Coreopsis-like herbs comprising about 12 species of w. North America and s. South America.
Description
Leaves alternate and opposite, much divided into threadlike segments. Flowerheads solitary on long stems. The species below differing only in technical characters from Coreopsis .
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San-vi-tal’i-a. North American tender herbaceous annuals comprising about 7 species.
Description
Leaves simple, opposite, ovalish. Flowers in small terminal heads. Ray flowers yellow or white, the disk flowers brown or purplish black.
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Hell-lip’ter-rum. An important group of more than 60 species of garden everlastings from South Africa and Australia, widely grown for dried bouquets.
Description
Leaves alternate, often white-felty, without marginal teeth. Flowerheads wholly of disk flowers, generally yellow, chaffy, and maintaining their color for long periods. Bracts of the involucre below the flowerhead are green or petal-like and white, yellow, or rose-pink.
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Kal-lis’tee-fuss. A single, very variable Asiatic herb, known as the China, or Garden, Aster. Not closely related to the true genus Aster. Good for cutting.
Description
Leaves broadly oval, deeply and irregularly toothed. Flowerheads solitary, at the ends of relatively long stalks.
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Tay-gee’teez. Marigold . A group of about 30 species of annual herbs, all native from N. Mex. to Argentina, not from Africa or France as implied by the common names African Marigold and French Marigold. The name “marigold” is commonly applied to several different kinds of plants in addition to Tagetes . The best known are the Pot Marigold ( Calendula ), the Cape Marigold ( Dimorphotheca ), and the Sea Marigold ( Mesembryanthemum ).
Description
Leaves strong-scented, mostly opposite and usually finely dissected. Flowerheads showy, solitary, or clustered. Below each head is a series of involucral bracts, united into a cuplike base.
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A-jur-a’tum. A group of nearly 30 species of chiefly tropical American annual herbs, one of which is perhaps the most popular of all edging plants.
Description
Leaves opposite, generally oval, the margins with rounded teeth. Flowers blue, pink, or white in some horticultural forms, in compact, clustered heads, without rays.
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Ka-len’dew-la. A genus of 15 species of herbs, chiefly from the Mediterranean region.
Description
Leaves undivided, alternate, simple, and faintly toothed. Flowerheads large, the rays yellow, orange, or cream.
How to Grow
Calendulas grown to flower in spring are tall with small blossoms, while winter-grown plants are small with immense blossoms. For spring bloom, start seeds very early indoors and set out as soon as soil can be worked. For fall or winter bloom in warm regions, direct seed and transplant 12 in. (30 cm) apart. Prefers cool weather.
Calendula officinalis
Pot Marigold . 12-18 in. (30-45 cm) high. Flowerheads solitary, stalked, 1-3 in. (2.5-7.5 cm) wide, the day-blooming and night-closing rays flattish and orange, yellow, or cream. S. Europe. Many cultivars are available. Plants prey to slugs. Long-lasting flowers good for cutting. Blooms spring to frost. Hardy annual.
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Ti-tho’ni-a. Ten species of tall sunflowerlike shrubs or woody perennial herbs native in Mexico and Central America and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics. One species grown as an annual in the North.
Description
Leaves alternate or sometimes opposite on lower stem, broadly ovalish, deeply lobed, or coarsely round-toothed. Flowerheads usually solitary on long, hollow stems, the disk flowers bisexual, fertile, yellow, the ray flowers neutral, golden to orange.
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Bra-kick’o-me. A large genus of mostly Australian herbs, one, the Swan River Daisy, a very popular annual.
Description
Alternate, small leaves are divided, feather-fashion, into narrow segments. Flowerheads solitary on the ends of long stalks, the rays white, blue, or rose.
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Am-moe’bi-um. A small genus of Australian herbs, valued as an everlasting because its white blossoms do not fade with age.
Description
Leaves white, felty, alternate or basal. Flowers yellow, in chaffy heads that are solitary at the ends of the small branches and surrounded by silvery white bracts. No ray flowers.
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Am-moe’bi-um. A small genus of Australian herbs, valued as an everlasting because its white blossoms do not fade with age.
Description
Leaves white, felty, alternate or basal. Flowers yellow, in chaffy heads that are solitary at the ends of the small branches and surrounded by silvery white bracts. No ray flowers.
How to Grow
Easily grown in ordinary garden soil. Start seeds indoors and set out when night temperatures are above 50° F (10° C). Before flowers are mature, cut and hang with heads down in a shady, cool place; when dry, they will hold their color almost indefinitely. This species prefers warm weather.
Ammobium alatum
Winged Everlasting . Bushy, to 3 ft. (1 m) high, the branches prominently winged. Heads 1 in. (4 cm) wide, the bracts petal-like and silvery white. Australia. Cultivar ‘Grandiflora’ has larger heads. Will self-sow in sandy soil. Tender perennial grown as a tender annual.
Daisy family
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Kris-san’thee-mum. An important genus of usually erect herbs, comprising about 100 species, nearly all from the temperate or subtropical regions of the Old World. Some have been cultivated for over 3000 years in China and Japan.
Description
Leaves alternate, often more or less divided, and strong-smelling. Generally much branched. Flowers daisylike, in all colors except blue and purple and in heads that are usually showy and immense, but sometimes small and buttonlike.
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Hell-i-kry’zum. A well-known group of everlastings comprising over 300 species from the Old World.
Description
Herbs or shrubs with chiefly alternate leaves without marginal teeth. Flowerheads wholly of disk flowers, the parts chaffy, mostly yellow, and maintaining their color long after drying. The bracts of the involucre beneath the heads are colored and almost petal-like.
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Sir’si-um. Of 200 known species of thistles, most are weeds.
Description
Prickly herbs with alternate or basal leaves that are nearly always cut or lobed and spiny-margined. Flowers tiny, tubular, often handsome, crowded in a dense, usually spiny-bracted head.
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Sen-ee’si-o. Groundsel ; Ragwort . Over 2000 species of herbs, shrubs, or small trees, and a few climbers, found throughout the world.
Description
Leaves alternate or basal. This large and diverse genus is difficult to define, the chief difference being in the rings of bracts that surround the head. These do not overlap each other, and the lower bracts are scale-like, giving a calyxlike appearance to the upper ring of bracts. Flowerheads generally yellow, but sometimes purple, red, blue, or white; solitary or in clusters. Heads often showy, composed of ray and disk flowers, but sometimes lacking ray flowers.
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Ko-ree-op’sis. Comprising about 100 species, perhaps a dozen grown for their showy bloom.
Description
Leaves generally opposite, often lobed or dissected, but entire in some. Flowerheads solitary or in branched clusters, composed of central disk flowers and showy ray flowers. Usually about 8 rays in the single varieties, more in the double forms.
How to Grow
Sow seeds outdoors in early spring. In warm areas, sow again late summer through fall for winter and spring flowers. Plants need good drainage and full sun. Do not thin; bloom best when crowded. Plants prefer warm weather.
Coreopsis tinctoria
Golden Coreposis . 2-3 ft. (60-90 cm) high. Flowerheads long-stalked, to 1 ? in. (3 cm) across, the disk flowers dark red or purple, the ray flowers yellow with brown base, or entirely yellow, brown, or purple-red. Cen. U.S. There are forms with double flowers, as well as dwarf varieties. Heat-resistant. Hardy annual
Daisy family
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Toll’pis. A genus of about 20 species of small annual and perennial herbs, chiefly from the Mediterranean region, and allied to Crepis .
Description
Stems with a milky juice. Leaves basal, lance-shaped, remotely toothed. Flowerheads composed only of ray flowers, not particularly showy. Beneath the head is a series of threadlike bracts, some of which are also on the upper part of the flowering stalk.
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Sen-tor’ree-a. A genus of chiefly Eurasian herbs comprising over 400 species.
Description
Leaves basal or alternate on stems, entire to divided, not spiny. Flowerheads contain tubular flowers; along the edge, they are often expanded and raylike. Below the head is a series of overlapping bracts.
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