Old-Field
Goldenrod Solidago nemoralis
Description:
Old-Field Goldenrod is a native warm-season perennial belonging to the
family Asteraceae or aster family
Leaf: Alternate leaves progressively reduced upward
along and stem, and the stems and leaves covered with dense, short gray hairs,
giving the entire plant a gray-green appearance.
Flower: The flowers are in a narrow, elongate spray
at the top of the plant, with small heads along the tops of short, arching side
branches. Each head is less than 1\4” wide, with fewer than 10 yellow,
petal-like ray flowers surrounding about 3-6 smalls, tubular, yellow disk
flowers.
Blooming months: July-September
Stem: Stems unbranched below the flower heads
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Discussion:
Distribution:
Common in dry prairies prairie pastures, and old fields, especially in
sandy and rocky soils, throughout the tall grass region.
Native or Introduced to Illinois: Native
Location:
N41048.677’ W089040.972’
Copyright:
© 2004 Nancy Trainor, Challand
Middle School,
References:
Keller, Carolyn. Prairie Plants of Whiteside County, Whiteside IL County Natural Area Guardians, 1991.
Ladd, Doug. Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers, The Nature Conservancy, 1995.
Peterson, Roger Tory. Wildflowers Northeastern/North Central North America, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1968.
Mohlenbroch, Robert H., and John W. Voigt. Prairie Plants of Illinois, Department of Conservation.
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