Family: Sunflower
(Asteraceae)
Height: 2 -5' (60 -150
cm)
Flower Size: 1 - 2"
(2.5 -5 cm) wide
Flowering Season:
August - October
Ecological Preferences:
Wet meadow and swamps. It is presently found
here only in the catch-pond east of the Campus
Center building.
Select Characteristics:
The petals (ray flowers), each with three scallops
at the tip, droop backward from the ball-shaped head
of disc flowers. The stems are winged with
extensions of the leaves.
Historical Significance:
The dried leaves were inhaled as a snuff to induce
sneezing, that was thought to drive evil spirits out
of the body.
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