Carduaceae 287 



J of an inch high, usually few in a rather 

 compact terminal cyme; bracts of the in- 

 volucre thin, linear-lanceolate, acute, smooth; 

 rays 8-15, large. 



On open hillsides throughout the region; 

 flowering in July. 



Stems clustered at the summit 

 Sohdago 



decumbens of a strong, perpendicular root, 

 Greene. stout, decumbent, 6- 1 8 inches 



Field high, usually dark red and 



Goldenrod. . . 



sparsely hairy. Leaves spatu- 



late-obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse or acut- 

 ish, more or less distinctly serrate toward the 

 summit, upper cauline leaves similar but 

 few and reduced, all rough on the margins. 

 Heads large in a thyrsoid panicle; bracts 

 of the involucre glandular-viscid, linear, 

 obtuse, of firm texture, nerved; rays large. 



Smooth, rather slender, 3-5 

 Solidago 



missourien- feet hi g h - Leaves firm or thick, 

 sis Nutt. those of the stem linear-lanceo- 

 Missouri i a t e and sessile, acuminate at 



Goldenrod. b 



