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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Euthamia gymnospermoides Greene
Great Plains flat-topped goldenrod, Texas goldentop, viscid grass-leaved goldenrod
Euthamia: Greek for "well-crowded," from the dense inflorescence
gymnospermoides: Greek gymnos for naked, sperma for "seed," oides for like; hence like "naked seed"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 16"-40" tall forb mostly hairless except for the rough leaf edges |
| Flower: | head with 10-14 short, yellow rays; inflorescence flat-topped clusters of mostly stalkless heads |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | thick, firm, linear, 1/8" wide, with 1 vein and obvious, glandular dots |
| Habitat: | sunny shores; in sandy soil |
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