WILD FLOWERS yellow and orange 



textured, and the margins are coarsely and sharply 

 toothed. They are long-oblong, or lance-shaped, 

 and pointed and tapering to the base, loosely veined, 

 and usually velvety to the touch on the under side. 

 The smooth stalk becomes hairy toward the top, 

 where it branches loosely into several slender, leafy, 

 recurving and spreading stems, along one side, of which 

 near the tips, are set the little yellow flowers. The 

 latter have about four rays. This species selects the 

 broken shadows of dry rocky woods and copses, 

 from Maine to Georgia, and west to Minnesota and 

 Texas, from July to September. 



WRINKLE-LEAVED, OR TALL HAIRY GOLDEN- 

 ROD. BITTERWEED 



Solidago rugosa. Thistle Family. 



A very hairy and rough species, growing from one 

 to seven feet high, and usually found in fields and 

 along fences and roadsides from July to November. 

 The straight, stout, long-haired stalk is crowded with 

 sharply toothed, long-oblong, and lance-shaped leaves, 

 that taper at the base, and are thinly textured, and 

 loosely veined. They are very hairy, particularly 

 so on the under side, and are slightly wrinkled. The 

 flowers are set on one-sided stems which are grouped 

 in a spreading leafy head, formed by the erect branch- 

 ing of the stalk at this point. The ray flowers number 

 from six to nine, and the disc flowers from four to seven. 

 This species is very variable, and ranges from New- 

 foundland and Ontario to Florida and Texas. Cattle, as 



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