COMPOSITE FAMILY. Composite. 



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

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

 Wis., and Minn. 



A northern species mostly confined to 

 Golden-?o7'' ^^"^P' ^^^^^ woods. The deep green 

 Solidago leaves are ovate, thin, sharply toothed, 



macrophylla feather- veined, and very long-stemmed. 

 July- Leaf- and plant-stem usually smooth, but 



September ^^^^ 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- 



pine o en- ^g^j^_^Qpg ^^^^\ about 8 inches high. The 



Solidago Vir- large flowers, thickly clustered at the sum- 



srawreovar. mit of the stout simple stem, with about 



alpina 12 rays. Leaves usually obovate and finely 



August- toothed. Mountain summits of Me., N. 



September 



H. (Mt. Washington), and N. \., and 



shores of Lake Superior. 



A species frequenting salt-marshes and 

 Seaside i c^ 



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

 Solidago flower-cluster large, leafy, short, and 



sempervirens straight, with large showy flowers having 

 August- i^_iQ deep golden yellow rays. Leaves 



ovem er lance-shaped, smooth, toothless, and with 



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



The stem stout and smooth ; leaves 

 BogGolden=rod ., , , i i i 



Solidago smooth, lance-shaped, obscurely seven- 



uliginosa veined, slightly toothed or toothless ; those 



August- at the root very long. The flowers are 



September ^j^j-^^ 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. 

 Snowv '^ ^ 



Golden-rod stout, smooth, round (in section) stem, and 

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



speciosu green leaves, rough-edged or obscurely 



August- toothed ; the upper ones oblong lance- 



shaped, the lower ovate. Flower-heads 

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