COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



form, var. concolor, has yellow rays, and densely woolly 

 stem and leaves. Commoner far north, south to Ga., 

 Wis., and Minn. 



, , . A northern species mostly confined to 



Large-leaved ,-,„,,, 



Golden-rod damp, rocky woods. The deep green 

 Solidago leaves are ovate, thin, sharply toothed, 



macrophylla feather- veined, and very long-stemmed. 

 ^ u y ~ Leaf- and plant-stem usually smooth, but 



the latter sometimes fine-hairy at the top. 

 Flower-heads nearly ^ inch long, with 8-10 long golden 

 yellow rays. 1-4 feet high. Wooded hillsides. Me. 

 (Aroostook Co.), to northern N. H. and N. Y., south to 

 the Catskill Mountains, and west to Lake Superior. 



... - . . A dwarf alpine form confined to moun- 



Alpine Golden- , . ; . , n . , , , , wmm 



rod t a in-tops and about 8 inches high. The 



solidago Vir- large flowers, thickly clustered at the sum- 



gaurea var. m it of the stout simple stem, with about 



(tipina 12 rays. Leaves usually obovate and finely 



September toothed. Mountain summits of Me., N. 



H. (Mt. Washington), and N. Y., and 



shores of Lake Superior. 



„ " A species frequenting salt-marshes and 



Seaside , , _/ 



Golden-rod sea-beaches. Stem stout and smooth ; 



Solidago flower-cluster large, leafy, short, and 



sempervirens straight, with large showy flowers having 

 August- 7_io d ee p golden yellow rays. Leaves 



lance-shaped, smooth, toothless, and with 

 3-5 obscure nerves. 2-8 feet high. Me. to Fla. 



The stem stout and smooth ; leaves 

 Solidago smooth, lance-shaped, obscurely seven- 



uliginosa veined, slightly toothed or toothless ; those 



August- at the root very long. The flowers are 



September light golden yellow, with 5-6 small rays, 

 and are crowded on the wandlike or straight stem . 2-4 

 feet high. Me. to northern N. J. and Pa., west to Minn. 

 A handsome, stocky plant with a ruddy, 

 Golden-rod stout, smooth, round (in section) stem, and 

 Solidago large, smooth, firm, feather- veined, olive 



speciosa green leaves, rough-edged or obscurely 



August- toothed ; the upper ones oblong lance- 



shaped, the lower ovate. Flower-heads 

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