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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
Missouri goldenrod
Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
missouriensis: of Missouri
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb found in large patches often with only a few plants flowering, mostly hairless throughout |
| Flower: | head with 7-13 yellow rays; inflorescence a 4" wide, short cluster with heads on backward-bending branches; blooms July-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | firm, 3 obvious parallel veins, toothed, upper mostly smaller, often with bundles of small leaves in the axils |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, woods; in sandy soil |
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