Wild Flowers East of the Rockies 345 



EARLY GOLDEN-ROD (Solidago juncea) is a very 

 common species and one of the earliest to bloom, be- 

 ing found in flower from July until Sept. The flowers 

 are in a large graceful cluster, composed of numer- 

 ous racemes, at the summit of a tall, simple stem 2 

 to 4 feet high. The stem is smooth, angular and 

 usually a ruddy brown. The leaves are smooth, 

 lance-shaped; the lower ones toothed, but the upper 

 with nearly even edges. The golden-yellow flowers 

 have eight to ten rays. Found in dry places from N. 

 B. to Sask. and southwards. 



SEASIDE GOLDEN-ROD (Solidago sempervirens) 

 is a common species of the salt marshes from Me. 

 to Fla. It has a large, showy flower cluster, and the 

 flowerheads, individually, are also quite large; they 

 have 7 to 10 rays. The lanceolate leaves are tooth- 

 less and slightly clasping at their bases. The smooth, 

 stout stem grows from 2 to 8 feet tall. 



ROUGH-STEMMED GOLDEN-ROD (Solidago rug- 

 osa) is a very hairy species, rough to the touch. The 

 stem attains heights of 1 to 7 feet and often branches 

 at the top. The flower racemes spread in a broad 

 pyramidal panicle. The pale golden-yellow flowers 

 have 6 to 9 rays. The leaves are feather-veined, 

 quite hairy and coarsely toothed. Common in fields 

 and on the borders of woods and thickets from New- 

 foundland to Minn, and southwards. 



CANADA GOLDEN-ROD (Soligado canadensis) is 

 perhaps the most common and the handsomest of 

 the genus. The flower cluster is very large and 

 plume-like. The leaves are thin, narrowly lanceolate 

 and finely toothed. The rather slender stem ascends 

 to heights of 2 to 7 feet. The flowerheads are rather 

 small, but are closely crowded on the curving pe- 

 duncles. This is a very common species throughout 

 our range. 



