They entirely conceal the sensitive epidermis from
which they grow.
YELLOW AVENS; FIELD AVENS
(Geum strictum) Rose family
Flowers - Golden yellow, otherwise much resembling the lower
growing white avens (q.v.).
Preferred Habitat - Low ground, moist meadows, swamps.
Flowering Season - June-August.
Distribution - Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Arizona, far
northward.
After the marsh marigolds have withdrawn their brightness from
low-lying meadows, blossoms of yellow avens twinkle in their
stead. In autumn the jointed, barbed styles, protruding from the
seed clusters, steal a ride by the same successful method of
travel to new colonizing ground adopted by burdocks, goose-grass,
tick-trefoils (q.v.), agrimony, and a score of other "tramps of
the vegetable world."
TALL or HAIRY AGRIMONY
(Agrimonia hirsuta; Eupatoria of Gray) Rose family
Flowers - Yellow, small, 5-parted, in narrow, spike-like racemes.
Stem: Usua11y 3 to 4 ft. tall, sometimes less or more clothed,
with long, soft hairs.
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