COMPOSITE FAMILY 



COMPOSITAE 



TALL GOLDENROD 



Solidago altissima L. 



The Tall Goldenrod grows in rich soil in open places from 

 Maine to western Ontario and south to Georgia and Texas, and 

 blooms from August to October. The hairy stem is 2-8 feet tall. 



The lower leaves are 

 sharply toothed, pe- 

 tioled and 2-^ inches 

 long; the upper are 

 smaller, often entire 

 and sessile; and all 

 are 3-nerved, rough- 

 ish above and hairy 

 beneath. 



The small heads 

 contain 9-15 rays and 

 several disk flowers, 

 both kinds being yel- 

 low and both pro- 

 ducing akenes. The 

 receptacle is small 

 and not chaffy. Bracts 

 of the involucre are 

 linear, blunt or acu- 

 tish. The pappus consists of numerous slender bristles. 



The Hill Goldenrod, Solidago nemoralis Ait., is a handsome species 

 common in dry places and on hillsides. The slender stem grows 6-24 

 inches high, is densely covered with fine gray hairs and bears many 

 oblanceolate leaves mostly clustered toward the base. The lower 

 leaves are petioled, 3-6 inches long, toothed and indistinctly 3-nerved; 

 the upper are entire and become smaller gradually. The heads, about 

 one-quarter inch high, are on the spreading or curved branches of a 

 terminal, usually i-sided panicle. The bracts of the involucre are 

 narrowly oblong, the ray flowers are 5-9 and the akenes are hairy. 



The Grass-leaved Goldenrod, Solidago graminijolia (L.) Salisb., 

 is so called because of the many linear grasslike leaves, which are 

 sessile, slightly rough margined and 3-nerved, borne the length of 

 the 2-4-foot stem. The plant prefers moist soil, blooms from August 

 to October and is verv abundant in low sandv fields. 



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