A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 285 



Heads in a flat topped cluster Bushy Golden Rod no. 874 



Heads not in a flat topped cluster 



Salt marsh or sand dune plant .... Seaside Golden Rod no. 875 

 Not sand dune or salt marsh plants 



Flowers white Silver Rod no. 876 



Flowers yellow 



Flower heads in more or less leafy clusters 



Stems hairy Hairy Golden Rod no. 877 



Stems smooth or essentially so 



Large-leaved Golden Rod no. 878 



Flower heads in clusters that are not leafy, or if there are 

 any leaves among them, small and bract-like 

 Flower heads in conspicuously i -sided clusters 

 Leaves not prominently 3-veined 



Leaves toothless, anise-scented 



Sweet-scented Golden Rod no. 879 



Leaves not anise-scented, mostly with teeth 



Stems smooth Early Golden Rod no. 880 



Stems hairy Bitter Weed no. 881 



Leaves prominently 3-veined 



Plants 2-6 ft. high ; foliage green 



Canada Golden Rod no. 882 



Plants 8-18 in. high ; foliage grayish 



Gray Golden Rod no. 883 



Flower heads not in conspicuously i -sided clusters 



Ragged Golden Rod no. 884 



874. Bushy Golden Rod. Ettthamia graminifolia. {Solidago 

 graminifolia.) A stout wiry, usually much branched herb, 2- 

 4 ft. high. Leaves lance-linear, 3-5 veined, pointed both ends, 



