Small Spike Goldenrod.Solidago nemoralis.
Found in September along dry roadsides and in sandy fields.
The stalk, which seldom grows higher than 2 feet, is single, and very leafy, of a strong fibre, and slightly rough, or not quite smooth to the touch. It is grayish green in color.
Disc flowers are few, the rays are seldom more than 8 in number, arranged in little one-sided spires to form a close, leafy, spike-like plume. The color is very clear in hue.
Common to all localities favorable to the Goldenrods, and, as observed, reaching itsfullnessof bloom in September rather than in August.