This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Frost-flower, Frost-wort: Long-branched Frost-weed: Canadian Rockrose. Helianthemum canadense. Rockrose Family. June - Aug. Found in sandy soil. New England to South Carolina, west to Wisconsin.
Of 2 kinds: the earlier ones solitary, about 1 inch across, yellow, 5 divisions; later ones small, clustered at the base of the leaves.
Lance-oblong, pale beneath, set close to the stem.
 
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