COMPOSITE FAMILY COMPOSITAE 
TALL GOLDENROD 
Solidago altissima L. 
~ The Tall Goldenrod grows in rich soil in open places from 
Maine to western Ontario and south to Georgia and Texas, and 
sce: from August to October. The hairy stem is 2-8 feet tall. 
: The lower leaves are 
sharply toothed, pe- 
tioled and 3-6 inches 
long; the upper are 
smaller, often entire 
and sessile; and all 
are 3-nerved, rough- 
ish above and hairy 
beneath. 
The small heads 
contain 9-15 rays and 
several disk flowers, 
both kinds being yel- 
low and both pro- 
ducing akenes. The 
receptacle is small | 
and not chaffy. Bracts 
of the involucre are 
linear, blunt or acu- — 
tish. The pappus consists of numerous slender bristles. 
The Hill Goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis Ait., is a handsome species 
common in dry places and on hillsides. The slender stem grows 6-24 — 
inches high, is densely covered with fine gray hairs and bears many — 
oblanceolate leaves mostly clustered toward the base. The lower © 
leaves are petioled, 3-6 inches long, toothed and indistinctly 3-nerved; — 
the upper are entire and become smaller gradually. The heads, about 
one-quarter inch high, are on the spreading or curved branches of a 
terminal, usually 1-sided panicle. The bracts of the involucre are — 
narrowly oblong, the ray flowers are 5-9 and the akenes are hairy. 
The Grass-leaved Goldenrod, Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb., 
is so called because of the many linear grasslike leaves, which are 
sessile, slightly rough margined and 3-nerved, borne the length of 
the 2-4-foot stem. The plant prefers moist soil, blooms from August — 
to October and is very abundant in low sandy fields. 
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