YELLOW OR YELLOWISH FLOWERS 
Class IIL — Plumes with Leaves on the Flowering 
Branches 
Early Golden-rod {Solidago juncea). Composite family. 
July to November. 
A handsome golden-rod, whose stout smooth stems are apt 
to grow in clumps. The leaves have other small ones in their 
axils, are somewhat three-veined, and broadly lance-shaped, the 
lower sharply toothed, the lowest reaching a foot, with pro- 
longed slender bases. Dry ground. 
Rough-stemmed Golden-rod (Solidago rugosa). Composite 
family. July to October. 
A roughly stemmed, 
tall species. The flower- 
heads have not over 
nine rays. The leaves 
are oval, sharply 
toothed, hairy, and 
pinnately veined. 
Common by the road- 
side and in the open. 
Elm - leaved Golden- 
rod {Solidago ulmifo- 
lia), generally falling 
in this class, is found 
in woody places, and 
has a smooth slender 
stem, sometimes 
branching, with inaxi- 
mum height of four 
feet. The leaves are 
thin, toothed, and 
somewhat resemble 
elm leaves. 
ROUGH-STEMMED GOLDEN-ROD 
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