Fig. 748: Solidago occidentalis: a, disk flower, x 8; b, ray flower, x 8; c, rhizome 

 and base of stem, x 7-,; d, habit, upper part of plant, x %; e-h, phyllaries, x 8; i, 

 flower head, showing involucre, and ray and disk flowers, x 5; j, achene and pappus 

 of scabrous capillary bristles, x 8; k, flowering head with mature achenes ready for 

 dispersal, x 5. (From Mason, Fig. 362). 



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