HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



shaped, acute. Rays, deep yellow. Disk, lighter colored. Stem, 

 stout, very hairy, i .V to 3 feet high. July to September. 



Dry and rocky woods or banks in all the Eastern States 

 as far south as Georgia. More frequent northward, and 

 found 2,000 feet high in the Catskills. 



S. specibsa — A late bloomer. Its leaves are a polished, dark 

 green, the lower with margined petioles, the upper sessile; lower, 

 broad, a foot or less long, all acute at apex, toothed, pinnately or 

 leather veined. The stem is tall, 3 to 6 feet high, and is crowned 

 with a splendid, ample panicle of bloom. Plant roughly hairy. 

 September and October. 



A common species, in rich soil in dry, open woods, some- 

 what local, from Massachusetts to Minnesota and south- 

 ward. 



S. rugbsa. — Stern, stout, tall, 1 to 6 or 7 feet high, generally 

 branched at top. Leaves, large, petioled below, smaller, oblong, 

 or ovate or lance-shaped above, all rough, especially underneath 

 along the veins. Flowers, in 1 -sided, drooping panicles, accom- 

 panied with small leaves. July to November. 



In dry or damp soil, fields or edges of thickets, in all the 

 Eastern States. Common, and very variable. Generally 

 a low-growing species. (See illustration, p. 215.) 



S. ulmifblia. — A low, early species, 1 to 4 feet high. Leaves, 

 broad, oblong to lance-shaped, sharply serrate, thin, acute, softly 

 hairy underneath. Flowers, in recurved, spreading panicles, with 

 small leaves interspersed. August and September. 



Dry woods and copses, Maine to Minnesota, south to 

 Georgia. 



Sweet Golden-rod 



S. odbra. — Stem, slender, sometimes reclining, 2 or 3 feet long. 

 Leaves, bright green, entire, long, narrow, dotted. Panicle of 

 flowers, small, 1 -sided, broad, short, rather a dull yellow. When 

 the leaves are crushed they usually give forth a pleasant, anise- 

 like fragrance. September and October. 



Dry soil, borders of woods and thickets from New Hamp- 

 shire and Vermont to Florida, west to Missouri and Texas. 

 (See illustration, p. 217.) 



S. puberala — Stem, smooth or somewhat softly hairy, 1^ to 3 

 feet high. Basal leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, narrowed into a mar- 



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