COMPOSITE 



This Goldenrod readily hybridizes with others including 

 the semper virens, the Beach Goldenrod. A cross between 

 the two is included as a separate species in Mr. Bicknell's 

 list. 



COMPOSITE COMPOSITE FAMILY 



Solidago semper virens, L. 



Yellow Beach Goldenrod, 



Salt-marsh Goldenrod. 

 August to late Autumn Seaside Goldenrod. 



Solidago: for derivation see altissima. 

 Sempervirens: Latin for ever-blooming. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: beach sand and sandy places. 



THE PLANT: somewhat spreading, about two feet high or 

 more; the stem usually simple, very stout, without hairs, 

 or with few, short, soft ones above. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; oblong; spatulate or lanceolate; 

 sometimes as much as one foot long; thick and fleshy; 

 hairless on both surfaces; acute at the apex; stemless or 

 narrowed into long petioles; entire; with two to five lat- 

 eral veins. 



THE FLOWER HEADS: very small, in racemes that grow at 

 the end of the stem on one side only of a large, often 

 leafy panicle. Bracts of the involucre lanceolate, acute. 



THE FRUIT: achenes; pappus of bristles. 



This husky and handsome Goldenrod is perhaps the 

 easiest to recognize. Even though it varies in robustness 

 and size, becoming actually soft and succulent in more 

 moist soil, yet it never loses its clean greenness of colour, 

 nor the smoothness of its leaves and stern. The leaves 

 remain thick and leathery and entire, and the numerous 

 flower heads continue to be crowded in heavy panicles. 



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