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Leaves lanceolate, linear, oblong or oblanceolate, glabrous or nearly so 



Lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, serrulate ; plant 3 to 4 feet tall 



Solidago ohioensis 

 Lower and upper leaves all lanceolate or linear, entire, the basal leaves 



4 to 5 inches long; plant 5 to 24 inches high 



Solidago houghtonii 



In addition, there has recently been described from Long Island an 

 additional species (Solidago aestivalis Bicknell) , said to be like 

 S. a r g u t a Miller, but essentially smooth. The description suggests a 

 form of S. patula Muhlenberg. 



Bushy, Fragrant or Flat-topped Goldenrod 



Euthamia graminifolia (Linnaeus) Nuttall 



Plate 234 



Stems erect, paniculately branched above, smooth or nearly so, 2 to 4 

 feet high, perennial by running rootstocks. Leaves numerous, linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile, i to 5 inches long, one-sixth to one-third of an inch wide, 

 three to five-nerved, with rough, hairy edges, and sometimes resinous 

 dotted. Inflorescence a flat-topped compound corymb, the individual 

 golden-yellow heads sessile in capitate clusters. Bracts of the involucre 

 yellowish, oblong or oblong -lanceolate, slightly viscid. 



Moist or sandy fields and roadsides, New Brunswick to Saskatchewan, 

 Alberta, south to Florida, Nebraska and Wyoming. Flowering from July 

 to September. 



Slender Fragrant Goldenrod; Quobsque Weed 



Euthamia tenuifolia (Pursh) Greene 



Plate 232b 



Stems slender, smooth or usually somewhat resinous, branched above, 

 8 to 1 8 inches high. Leaves numerous, narrowly linear, entire, long pointed 

 at the apex, sessile and narrowed at the base, punctate, one-nerved, lateral 

 nerves if present very inconspicuous, i to 3 inches long, often with smaller 

 leaves clustered in the axils; heads of flowers about one-eighth of an inch 



