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White or Pale Goldenrod; Silverrod 



Solidago bicolor Linnaeus 



Plate 237a 



Stems stout, hairy or sometimes nearly smooth, 1 to 4 feet high, some- 

 times branched. Basal and lower leaves obovate or oblong and blunt, 

 narrowed into long, margined petioles, crenulate-toothed, more or less 

 hairy; the upper leaves smaller and narrower, oblong to lanceolate, pointed 

 or blunt, sessile or nearly so and often entire. Heads of flowers one-fourth 

 of an inch high or less, crowded in a terminal thyrsus, 2 to 8 inches long, 

 sometimes also clustered in the upper axils; rays white; bracts of the 

 involucre whitish, the mid vein of each bract broadened toward the 

 blunt tip. 



In dry or sandy soil, Prince Edward Island west to Ontario and 

 Minnesota, south to Georgia and Tennessee. Flowering from August to 

 October. 



Downy Goldenrod 

 Solidago puberula Nuttall 



Plate 237b 



Stems rather slender, i| to 3 feet high, rarely branched, minutely 

 puberulent or nearly smooth. Basal leaves and often the lowest leaves of 

 the stem spatulate, blunt or pointed, usually sharply toothed, 2 to 4 inches 

 long and 1 inch or less wide, narrowed into margined petioles; stem leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, pointed, entire or slightly toothed, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 sessile or the lower ones petioled. Heads of flowers numerous, arranged 

 in a terminal, often leafy thyrsus, the branches of which are ascending 

 or spreading; each head of flowers about one-fourth of an inch high with 

 several bright yellow rays. Bracts of the involucre slender and very 

 sharp-pointed. 



In sandy or dry soil, Prince Edward Island to Florida and Mississippi, 

 west to Tennessee. In New York most abundant near the coast, but 

 frequent in sandy places as far north as Franklin county. 



