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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago riddellii Frank ex Riddell
Riddell's goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
riddellii: for John Leonard Riddell (1807-1865)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1 1/2'- 3 1/2' tall forb; mostly smooth, thick stems |
| Flower: | head with 7-9 yellow rays; inflorescence a crowded, flat-topped, branched cluster often with up to 100 heads; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | mostly smooth, dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | narrowly lance-like, smooth, with no teeth, often folded along the midrib, stalked, upper leaves becoming stalkless to sheathing but not much smaller |
| Habitat: | wet; prairies, meadows, swamps; in limy soil |
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