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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago nemoralis Aiton
dyer's-weed goldenrod, gray goldenrod, old-field goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
nemoralis: growing in groves or woods
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-40" tall forb; stems gray-green with dense, tiny, spreading hairs; growing in clumps |
| Flower: | heads with 5-9 short, yellow rays; inflorescence a 4"-10" long, narrow, cluster often arching downward with the heads mostly along one side; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seeds with short hairs on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | long and narrow, tapering to the base, gray-green, finely hairy, lower leaves somewhat toothed, upper obviously smaller |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, prairies; in rocky, sandy soil |
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