| Plant: Small perennial shrub, 1 to 2 feet tall, erect,
widely branching. Plant is white woolly when flowering. 
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      | Flowers: Many yellow tubular disk flowers with numerous
lavender pink or white ray flowers at the ends of stems.  Seeds
are in small hard fruit. 
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      | Leaf: Alternate on stems, lance shaped, sometimes toothed,
3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long, reduced above. 
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      | Flowering period: | August to November 
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      | Use by Indians: |  | 
    
      | Can be found here: | West Bluffs 
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      | Native Plant: Yes | Halophyte:  No 
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      | Family Name:  Sunflower 
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 | Date: 8/29/2005 |