BLUE-STEMMED GOLDENROD 



BLUE-STEMMED OR WREATH GOLDENROD 



Soliddgo casta 



Native, perennial. A late-bloom- 

 ing species, characterized by its 

 many clusters of flower-heads borne 

 along the stem in the axils of the 

 leaves. Roadsides and by thickets. 

 Common. 



Stem. — Slender, bluish or purple, smooth, 

 often with a plum-like bloom on the curv- 

 ing stem, one to three feet high, rarely 

 branching. 



Leaves. — Sessile, lanceolate to oblong, 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the 

 base, sharply serrate, two to five inches 

 long; one-half to one inch wide; they grow 

 smaller as they ascend the stem. 



Flower-heads. — Borne in clusters or short 

 racemes in the axils of the leaves; the top 

 of the stem at the same time often bearing 

 a short terminal thyrsus. Rays three to 

 five, rather large. 



Leaf of Wreath 



Goldenrod. 



Soliddgo casta. 



2 to 5 in. long 



The Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod is the species 

 credited with giving the name Goldenrod to the 

 genus. A well-grown specimen is in fact a 



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