COMPOSITE FAMILY 



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Flower-heads. — Borne in flat-topped co- 

 rymbose clusters, small. Rays small, twelve 

 to twenty; disk-florets eight to twelve. 

 Involucre bell-shaped; bracts oblong-lance- 

 olate, slightly glutinous. 



A species so different from all other 

 Goldenrods in its habit of flowering 

 that it is sometimes given a genus 

 of its own. The flower-heads are 

 very small, have fewer disk-florets 

 than rays, and are borne in flat- 

 topped clusters. 



MID-SEASON GOLDENROD 

 Soliddgo serotina 



A common mid-season Goldenrod, 

 found on roadsides and borders of 

 thickets. Of continental distribution. 

 August-October. 



Stem. — Stout, straight, three to six feet high. 



Leaves. — Three-ribbed, lanceolate, narrow, pointed 

 at base and apex, serrate with small teeth, rough above, 

 three to four inches long. 



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Leaf of Flat- 

 Topped 

 Goldenrod. 

 Soliddgo 

 lanceoldta. 

 2 to 5 in. long 



