LANCE- LEAVED GQLDENROD 



Flower-heads. — Borne in short axillary clusters, or 

 somewhat prolonged at the ends of the branches. 

 Rays large, three to four. 



In northern Ohio the Broad-Leaved Golden- 

 rod is the last and latest species of the genus, 

 the latest to bloom and the last to remain. As 

 a rule it outlasts S. Canadensis, it may be no 

 more hardy, but being low and growing in more 

 protected places, it withstands frosts and snows 

 more successfully. It appears fresh and green 

 when its companions are in the doldrums. 



LANCE-LEAVED GOLDENROD. FLAT- 

 TOPPED GOLDENROD 



Soliddgo lanceoldta. Euthdmia graminijdlia 



Native, perennial. A species distinctly dif- 

 ferent from all the foregoing in that its flower- 

 heads are borne in a flat-topped cluster. On 

 river banks, open fields, moist situations every- 

 where. 



Stem. — Smooth, sometimes slightly rough, tv/o to 

 four feet high, branched. 



Leaves. — Linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, en- 

 tire, minutely rough on the margins, sessile. 



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