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Photographer: Eric J. Epstein
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago ptarmicoides (Nees) B.Boivin
prairie goldenrod, upland white goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
ptarmicoides: causes sneezing
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3"-24" tall forb |
| Flower: | head 1/2" wide with 10-25 white rays up to 1/4"long; inflorescence 3-60 heads in an open, branched, flat-topped cluster; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | smooth dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | stiff, the lower leaves stalked, sometimes tufted, and larger than the linear, stalkless upper leaves |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry; prairies, inland sands, cliffs; in sandy, gravelly, limy soil |
| Notes: | very aster-like in appearance |
| (Glossary) |
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