DESCRIPTIVE MANUAL 



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Goldenrod (Solidago serotina Ait.). 



Description. — A tall, stout perennial 4-6 ft. high ; often glaucous ; 

 leaves smooth on both sides, lanceolate to oblanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, sharply serrate; heads in open panicles, pubescent, bracts 

 linear ; ray flowers 7-14, yellow. 



Distribution. — Common from New England southward and west- 

 ward to the Rocky mountains and Colorado; common in all parts 

 of the state of Iowa. 



Extermination. — Succumbs readily to cultivation, spreads by its 

 seeds and root-stocks. 



Fig. 181. Smooth Goldenrod (Soliclaoo serotina). Abundant in low grounds 



along streams. 

 (Photographed by Colburn.) 



