COMPOSITE FAMILY. Compositse. 



form, var. concoZor, has yellow rays, and densely woolly 

 stem and leaves. Commoner far north, south to Ga., 

 Wis., and Minn. Illustration four pages forward. 



A northern species mostly confined to 



Golden=rod damp, rocky woods. The deep green 



Solidago leaves are ovate, thin, sharply toothed, 



macrophylla feather- veined, and very long-stemmed. 



Leaf- and plant-stem usually smooth, but 



the latter sometimes fine-hairy at the top. 



Flower-heads nearly -|- inch long, with 8-10 long golden 



yellow rays. 1-4 feet high. Wooded hillsides. Me. 



(Aroostook Co.), to northern N. H. and N. Y., south to 



the Catskill Mountains, and west to Lake Superior. 



A dwarf alpine form confined to moun- 

 Alpine Golden- 

 rod tain-tops and about 8 inches high. The 



Solidago large flowers, thickly clustered at the sum- 



Cutleri mit of the stout simple stem, with about 



12 rays. The florets robust, about \ inch 

 high. Leaves usually obovate and finely 

 toothed. Mountain summits of Me., N. H. (Mt. Wash- 

 ington), and N. Y , and shores of Lake Superior. 



A species frequenting salt-marshes and 

 Golden-rod sea-beaches. Stem stout and smooth ; 

 Solidago flower-cluster large, leafy, short, and 



sempervirens straight, with large showy flowers having 

 August- 7_iQ (jeep golden yellow rays. Leaves 



lance-shaped, smooth, toothless, and with 

 3-5 obscure nerves. 2-8 feet high. Me. to Fla. 



The stem stout and smooth ; leaves 

 Bog Golden=rod 

 SoUda o smooth, lance-shaped, obscurely seven- 



uliginosa veined, slightly toothed or toothless ; those 



August- at the root very long. The flowers are 



September light golden yellow, with 5-6 small rays, 

 and are crowded on the wandlike or straight stem. 2-4 

 feet high. Me. to northern N. J. and Pa., west to Minn. 

 A handsome, stocky plant with a ruddy, 

 Gokten=rod stout, smooth, round (in section) stem, and 

 Solidago large, smooth, firm, feather- veined, olive 



speciosa green leaves, rough-edged or obscurely 



August- toothed ; the upper ones oblong lance- 



shaped, the lower ovate. Flower-heads 

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