SUNFLOWER 



The flowers of Soliddgo sempervirenSy Sea-side Gold- 

 enrod, appear in August on salt marshes and sea 

 beaches. 



Solidago nemoralis, Field Goldenrod, also blooms in 

 sandy fields and dry hilltops during July and continues 

 until November. 



Although many species of Goldenrod under favor- 

 able conditions will begin to bloom in August, never- 

 theless it is the September fields and roadsides that 

 they glorify by their abundance and their beauty. 



SUNFLOWER 



Helidnthus 



Helianthiis, flower of the sun. 



Erect, annual or perennial, mostly branched herbs with 

 opposite or alternate. 



Flower-heads. — Radiate-composite, yellow. Ray-florets 

 spreading, mostly entire. Disk-florets perfect, fertile; 

 corolla tubular, five-lobed. Receptacle chaffy. Invol- 

 ucre of imbricated bracts in several rows. Akenes ob- 

 long, compressed, or angled. Pappus is of scales or awns. 



Like the Goldenrods, the Sunflowers are at their 

 best in September, though individual species begin 

 to bloom in August and a few in July, but even then 

 their blooming period is extended. 



The earliest Sunflower by the roadside is usually 

 Helidnthus divaricdtus, the Woodland Sunflower. Its 

 slender stem, three to five feet high, topped with two 

 or three beautiful golden heads, often looks out from 

 the woodland tangle in early August. It may be 

 known by its opposite, three-nerved leaves; its rays 



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