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Seaside Goldenrod 



Solidago sempervirens Linnaeus 



Plate 235b 



Stem stout and leafy, rarely branched, 2 to H feet high, smooth or 

 slightly puberulent above. Leaves entire, thick, fleshy with two to five 

 pairs of lateral veins, the lower or basal leaves oblong, spatulate or lanceo- 

 late and usually blunt at the apex, often 8 to 12 inches long and narrowed 

 at the base into long petioles; upper leaves smaller, sessile, lanceolate to 

 oblong-lanceolate and pointed. Heads of flowers one-fourth of an inch 

 high or more, in one-sided racemes forming a large terminal, often leafy 

 panicle; rays showy, eight to ten in number in each head; bracts of the 

 involucre lanceolate and pointed. 



On salt marshes, sea beaches and along tidal rivers and in sandy soil 

 near the coast, Nova Scotia to Florida and Mexico. Flowering from 

 August to November. 



Canada or Rock Goldenrod 

 Solidago canadensis Linnaeus 



Plate 238 



Stems slender, smooth or finely hairy above, 1 to 5 feet high, usually 

 several or many plants together and spreading by underground rootstocks. 

 Leaves thin, triple-nerved, linear-lanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long, entire or 

 toothed with somewhat appressed teeth, long pointed at the apex, sessile 

 or the lowest leaves petioled. Heads of flowers very small, about one- 

 eighth of an inch or less high, arranged on one side of spreading branches 

 which form a large, often loose panicle; rays four to six in number, short; 

 bracts of the involucre thin, linear and pointed. 



Hillsides and thickets or banks of streams, Newfoundland to Saskatche- 

 wan, south to Virginia, Tennessee and South Dakota. Flowering from 

 August to October. 



