COMPOSITE FAMILY 



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FIELD GOLDENROD 



Soliddgo nemordlis 



Native, perennial. A low, mid- 

 season species, often taking undis- 

 puted possession of an entire field. 

 Brilliant yellow. Common. 



Stem. — Grey-green, slender, one to 

 two feet high, finely pubescent. 



Leaves. — Basal and lower stem-leaves 

 petioled, spatulate, obtuse or acute, 

 entire or crenate-dentate. Upper leaves 

 growing smaller as they ascend the 

 stem, entire, acute, often sessile. 



Flower -heads. — Borne in more or less 

 spreading, recurved, usually one-sided 

 panicles. Rays minute, five to nine. 

 Pappus fine, white. 



Solidago nemoralis is the low- 

 Field Goidenrod. g^owiug Goldenrod of dry, open 

 ^iotul^onlZr\ih: fields, and may be recognized by 



3 to 6 in. long , r -^ r V j 



the peculiarity 01 its recurved 

 racemes all bending in the same direction over 

 very considerable areas as the whole field turns 

 yellow. The plants are uniformly from one to 



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