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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago juncea Aiton
early goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
juncea: stiff like rush
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb found in clumps; upper part of the stems not leafy or hairy |
| Flower: | head with 7-12 minute, yellow rays; inflorescence a dense cluster about as tall as wide with the heads on one side of backward-curving branches; blooms June-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed with short hairs on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | lower sharply toothed, narrowly elliptical, tapering to a long stalk, without 3 prominent, parallel veins, upper leaves obviously smaller |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods, inland sands; in sandy, loamy soil |
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