Chapter M

Mariposa 11
_Mentzelia nuda_ 34
Milkweed 43
Moss campion 18

N
Nelson’s larkspur 21

O
_Oenothera brachycarpa_ 37
_Opuntia trichophora_ 36
_Oxytropis lambertii_ 32

P
Paintbrush 49
Pasque flower 19
_Penstemon unilateralis_ 50
_Phacelia sericea_ 45
Pipsissewa 39
_Polemonium viscosum_ 47
_Potentilla fruticosa_ 29
Prairie pea 30
Prairie snowball 14
Prickly pear 36
Prickly poppy 25
_Primula parryi_ 40
_Pulsatilla ludoviciana_ 19
Purple fringe 45

Q
Queen’s crown 28

R
Rabbit brush 52
_Ranunculus adoneus_ 22
_Rumex venosus_ 16

S
Sand begonia 16
Sand lily 9
_Saxifraga rhomboidea_ 27
Scarlet gilia 48
_Sedum rhodanthum_ 28
Shooting star 41
_Showy fleabane_ 54
_Silene acaulis_ 18
Sky pilot 47
_Snowball saxifrage_ 27
Snow buttercup 22
Spanish bayonet front cover
Spring beauty 17
Stickweed 34
Strawberry cactus 35
Sulphur flower 15

T
_Thermopsis divaricarpa_ 33
Thistle 56
_Townsendia sericea_ 53
_Trifolium nanum_ 31
_Trollius laxus_ 23
_Typha latifolia_ Back Cover

W
Wallflower 26
Wood lily 10

Y
Yellow evening primrose 37
Yellow lady’s slipper 13
_Yucca glauca_ front cover

Cattail Family
Cattail, _Typha latifolia_, L.

BACK COVER⇒

The flower spike forms the top 6 to 10 inches of a stiff rush-like stem which rises from a sheath of long, narrow, flat leaves to a total height of about 4 feet, the leaves rising slightly higher than the stem. The top 3 or 4 inches of the flower spike is composed of numerous male flowers producing only pollen and early dropping off to leave a bare, rather sharp, stem tip; the lower 4 or 5 inches of the flower spike is composed of thousands of female flowers packed so tightly together as to give the appearance of a smooth, rich-brown cylinder, more than an inch in diameter, which finally breaks up into fluffy seeds. Forms solid colonies in marshy places in plains, foothills and lower montane zones. Blooms first appear about July, and become mature in September-October.

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