CREEK GOLDENROD 



W181 



Solida'go elonga'ta 



Outside (ray) flowers of heads small 

 (less than Yt in. long), yellow, petal-like, 

 strap-shaped, seed-producing 



Inner (disk) flowers of heads small, 

 yellow, tubular, seed-producing, usu- 

 ally fewer than ray flowers 



"Seed" (achene) small, rounded, 

 somewhat ridged, tipped by dull white 

 bristles (pappus) 



Flower heads small (about Y* in. 

 high), numerous, crowded, in an elon- 

 gated (3 to 8 in. long), diamond-shaped, 

 somewhat nodding end cluster (thyrsi- 

 form panicle) 



Bracts in a several-rowed series (in- 

 volucre) around base of flower heads, 

 overlapping, thin, narrow 



Leaves alternate, oblong to broadly 

 or narrowly reverse-lance-shaped, 1^ to 

 3% in. long, 3-ribbed from below the 

 middle, usually sparingly short-toothed 

 above the middle, stalkless, almost hair- 

 less 



Stem simple, erect, 1 to 4 ft. high, 

 very leafy 



Root somewhat woody, horizontal or 

 somewhat ascending 



