MISSOURI GOLDENROD
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Solidago missouriensis Nutt.
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-3 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Prairie goldenrod. | | Stems: | | Erect or ascending, single or clustered, usually unbranched, glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, mostly sessile, linear-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 2 to 5 inches long, 1/4 to 1 inch wide, conspicuously 3-nerved, somewhat rigid, glabrous; margins entire to toothed; tips pointed; smaller leaves often clustered in axils; upper leaves reduced; lower leaves often absent at flowering. | | Inflorescences: | | Panicle-like, usually wider than tall, terminal; lower branches downward curving; heads only on upper side of branches, less than 1/5 inch wide; bracts firm, greenish; tips broadly rounded. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets 7-13, less than 1/5 inch long, yellow; disk florets 8-13, yellow. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, tiny, glabrous or sparsely hairy, tipped with numerous white bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry open prairies and roadsides. | | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | Uses: | | Native Americans relieved toothaches by chewing goldenrod roots. | | Comments: | | The earliest blooming goldenrod. Its roots can reach 6 feet long. Missouri goldenrod increases in overgrazed pastures. |
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| Missouri goldenrod leaves |  | | 121 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Missouri goldenrod heads |  | | 85 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
| | Missouri goldenrod inflorescence |  | | 116 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
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