Dec, 1917] The Asterece of Ohio 39 



8. Solidago speciosa Nutt. Showy Goldenrod. Plants 

 with stout stems, glabrous below and often rough above, 3-7 

 ft. high. Leaves firm and glabrous, the lower and basal ones 

 ovate to broadly oval, 4-10 in. long, 1-4 in. wide, acute to 

 obtuse at the apex and long petioled, dentate, pinnately- 

 veined; the upper smaller, oblong to oval, acute at both ends, 

 crenate-dentate or entire, sessile or short petioled, rough 

 margined. Heads in a large terminal thyrsus of ascending, 

 often leafy branches; bracts of the involucre oblong and very 

 obtuse. Achenes glabrous or slightly pubescent. In rich 

 woods. August-September. Lucas, Franklin, Fairfield and 

 Lawrence. 



9. Solidago rigidiuscula (T. & G.) Port. Slender Showy 

 Goldenrod. vStem rather slender, glabrous below and rough 

 pubescent above, simple, 2-4 ft. high. Leaves lanceolate to 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire or the basal ones often crenate, strongly 

 ciliolate on the margins, 1-5 in. long, \-l in. wide, sessile or 

 the lower often narrowed to petioles. Heads generally in a 

 narrow dense, simple or branched thyrsus. In dry soil. August- 

 October. Erie, Wyandot, Wood, Lucas, Fulton. 



10. Solidago rugosa Mill. Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod. Stout 

 scabrous hirsute plants, 1-7| ft. high, simple oi" often branched 

 at the top. Leaves scabrous or pubescent, oval, oblong- 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, acuminate or sometimes 

 obtuse at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, rugosely 

 veined on the lower surface, serrate, 1-4 in. long, \-l\ in. 

 wide, sessile or the lower tapering into petioles. Heads secund 

 on spreading or recurving often leafy branches of usually 

 a ver}' large panicle; bracts of the involucre linear, obtuse. 

 Achenes pubescent. In dry woods. July-November. Rather 

 general. 



11. Solidago patula Muhl. Roughleaf Goldenrod. A 

 stout rigid plant with usually a simple stem, glabrous below 

 and very rough above, pinnate-veined; the lower and basal 

 ones very large, 3-16 in. long, 1^-5 in. wide, oval to eliptical, 

 narrowed to margined petioles; the upper similar, oval to oblong, 

 sessile, acute, slightly serrate or entire. Heads secund on 

 widely spreading and recurving branches of a loose panicle. 

 Rays small; bracts of the involucre linear-oblong, obtuse. 

 Achenes pubescent. In swamps. August to September. Rather 

 general. 



