83 (81) Very slender annual or biennial with 

 trailing basal offshoots; narrowly linear 

 leaves, scattered widely on flowering 

 stalk; very loose raceme of blue-violet 

 flowers; fruit a capsule; a plant of late 

 spring and early summer and disappear- 

 ing after seeds are formed; plants of 

 older protected dunes, sometimes near 



beaches and waste places Linaria canadensis, 



Toadflax 



Figure 87. — Stem and leaves X2. 



83 (81) Coarser plants without trailing basal shoots 84 



84 (83) Erect plants, usually with a single hair- 

 less stem, branching above; leaves lin- 

 ear on main stem to 5 cm long, 2 cm long 

 on branches with a single vein; flowers 

 in flat topped corymbs, yellow; plants 

 of margins of brackish ponds and 



marshes Solidago tenuifolia, 



Goldenrod 



A much coarser plant growing in the 

 same habitat; leaves lanceolate with 

 three to five veins; much branched cor- 

 ymbose flower heads S. graminifolia, 



Grass Leaved Goldenrod 



84 {83) Erect plants frequently with several 

 stems from base and the branching 

 lower on stem; linear leaves to 6 cm, 

 smaller leaves to 3 cm; flowers in 

 terminal clusters, yellow, resembling 

 an aster; plants of dunes frequently 

 in the Htidsonia zone (also sandy 



roadsides) Chrysopsis falcata, 



Golden Aster 



Figure 88. — Stem and leaves XI- 



Figure 89. — Stem and leaves XI- 



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