COMPOSITE FAMILY 



golden rod or wand, without question or cavil. 

 The slender stem rises two feet or more, bearing 

 a wealth of leaves arranged alternately, and in 

 the axils of these are clusters, perhaps an inch 

 across, of golden yellow flower-heads. These 

 begin rather low on the stem, and continue to 

 the top, where there is often a tiny thyrsus, 

 that is, a flower cluster like that of the lilac. 

 This is, indeed, a golden sceptre worthy of any 

 woodland queen. The Wreath Goldenrod is 

 to be looked for in company with the White 

 Wreath Aster, as both are late-flowering plants. 



BROAD-LEAVED GOLDENROD 



Soliddgo latifdlia. Soliddgo flexicdulis 



Native, perennial. A late bloomer, appearing 

 on rich, moist, wooded banks, and borders of 

 thickets. Maine to Georgia and westward. 



Stem. — One to three feet high, green, zigzag, angled 

 in section and rarely branched. 



Leaves. — Broadly ovate or oval, sharply serrate, 

 conspicuously pointed at both ends, three to six inches 

 long. 



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