288 Carduaceae 



2-4 inches long, rough-margined, triple- 

 nerved, entire or sparingly serrate with low 

 sharp teeth, the basal and lowest ones longer ? 

 spatulate and petioled. Heads J-J of an 

 inch high on one side of the spreading or 

 recurving branches of the short panicle; 

 bracts of the involucre oblong, greenish- 

 tipped, obtuse; rays 6-13, short. 



In dry soil on the edges of woodland at the 

 lower altitudes throughout the Rockies; 

 flowering in August. 



Solidago Stout ' ro ug n - h airy or slightly 



canadensis so, 2-8 feet high. Leaves lan- 



L. Canada ceolate, triple- nerved, acute at 

 Goldenrod. 



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serrate and petioled, 3-6 inches long, J-i 



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inch wide, the upper smaller, entire. Heads 

 small, | of an inch or less high, very numerous 

 on one side of the spreading or recurved 

 branches of the usually large and dense 

 panicle; involucral bracts linear, obtuse or 

 acutish; rays 9-15 small. 



In open usually dry soil at the lower alti- 



