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Photographer: Joanne Kline
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Family Asteraceae
Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. var. graminifolia
common flat-topped goldenrod, grass-leaved goldenrod
Euthamia: Greek for "well-crowded," from the dense inflorescence
graminifolia: with foliage like grass
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall, mostly hairless forb; stems very leafy; rhizomes forming patches |
| Flower: | head with 15-25 tiny, yellow rays; inflorescence with many 1 1/4" rounded clusters of mostly stalkless head in a large, flat-topped cluster; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, very long and narrow, about 1/4" wide, with 3 veins and glandular dots |
| Habitat: | moist to dry; meadows, prairies, roadsides, shores; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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