CANADA GOLDENROD 



Flower-heads. — Panicle usually plume-like rather 

 than bushy. Rays ten to fifteen, narrow. 



Solidago serotina is named in the books the 

 Late Goldenrod, but instead it is quite a mid- 

 season species, found frequently in company 

 with 5. Canadensis, but usually in full bloom as 

 Canadensis is getting ready or just beginning to 

 bloom. The leaf is definitely three-ribbed, the 

 flowering panicle a plume rather than a bushy 

 head. The rays are narrow, but as there are a 

 good many of them, the golden glory of the 

 plume is assured. The earlier botanies were in- 

 clined to regard this as a form of Canadensis — 

 the two forms undoubtedly run together. 



CANADA GOLDENROD 



Solidago canadensis 



Native, perennial. A tall, stout, coarse, late- 

 flowering species, with triple-ribbed leaves and 

 bushy panicles. Very abundant, variable. New 

 Brunswick to Northwest Territory, south to 

 Florida and Arizona. 



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