COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite 



with about 5 large golden yellow rays and prominent 

 stamens ; the showy flower-cluster is dense, branched, 

 and somewhat pyramidal in outline. 3-6 feet high. 

 Rich ground and copses. Me., south to N. Car. «nd Ky., 

 and west to Minn, and Neb. 



An anise-scented species, very odorous 

 Golden-rod when crushed. Leaves bright green, 

 Soiidagu odora smooth, indistinctly three-ribbed, shining, 

 August- and dotted. The slender stem, often re- 



September clining, is usually smooth, and nearly 

 cylindrical in section. Flower-heads small, with 3-4 

 golden rays nearly % inch long. The flower-cluster one- 

 sided. 2-3 feet high. In dry sandy soil. Me. , south, and 

 west to N. Y., Ky., and Tex. 



Very common in swamps ; with stout 

 Golden- rod stem (angled in section) and spreading 

 Solidago pattda branches. The large, rough, fine-toothed, 

 August- feather-veined leaves smooth beneath. 



October Flower-clusters small ; the rather large 



flowers with obtuse green scales and small rays. Me., 

 south to Ga., and west to Minn., Mo., and Tex. 



An exceedingly hairy or rough golden- 



Roug - ^ ve common on wooded roadsides 



stemmed ' J . m _ . _ 



Golden-rod and margins of fields. Leaves dark green, 



Solidago feather- veined, very hairy, and deeply 



rugosa toothed. Stem hairy, straight, cylindri- 



t cal, and thickly set with leaves. The 



September _ * , * „ . . 



flower-clusters small, weak in color, and 



terminating several branches also thickly set with leaf- 

 lets ; the flower-heads light golden yellow ; 6-9 rays and 

 4-7 tubular florets. The plant often branched like an 

 elm at the top, but presenting a variety of forms. 1-7 

 feet high. Dry ground everywhere. 

 Elm-leaved ^ n ^ e s P ec i es with but few differences, 



Golden-rod viz.: Stem slender, smooth or woolly at 

 Solidago the summit, leaves thin, pointed, and ta- 



ulmifolia pering toward the base. Flowers with 



about four deep yellow rays, the scales long lance- 

 shaped. 2-4 feet high. Common in low moist copses 

 or woods, from Me., south to Ga., west to Minn., Mo., 

 and Tex. 



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