. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. A sticky-haired biennial 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2 to 3 inches long, lower ones stalked and hairy, upper with- out stalks. Petals deeply cleft, white. Flowers stalkless or with very short stalks, in a spike- like raceme. Introduced, as yet quite rare, but capable of becoming Silene noctiflora L. NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY An erect, hairy, sticky annual 1 to 3 feet high. Leaves hairy, sticky, basal ones oblanceo- late, 2 to 5 inches long with short stalks, upper lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches in length and stal
. Common weeds of the Canadian Prairies;. Weeds. A sticky-haired biennial 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2 to 3 inches long, lower ones stalked and hairy, upper with- out stalks. Petals deeply cleft, white. Flowers stalkless or with very short stalks, in a spike- like raceme. Introduced, as yet quite rare, but capable of becoming Silene noctiflora L. NIGHT-FLOWERING CATCHFLY An erect, hairy, sticky annual 1 to 3 feet high. Leaves hairy, sticky, basal ones oblanceo- late, 2 to 5 inches long with short stalks, upper lanceolate, 1 to 3 inches in length and stalkless. Sepals united in a tube i inch long with light- and dark-green upright stripes. Petals white, deeply cleft, opening only at night. An intro- duced weed becoming plentiful throughout southern areas. Sinapis arvensis L. WILD MUSTARD. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Branch. Ottawa, Queen's Printer
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