Broad-leaved Goldenrod.Solidago latifolia.
Found in September and October on the edges of woods, and moist copses.
The stalk grows from 1 to 3 feet high; it is often zigzag in gesture or angular, is leafy, smooth to the touch, and woody-fibred. Its color is green.
The broadly-oval leaf tapers at both ends, the margin is cut in sharp slender teeth, ribs are marked, and the surface is rough to the touch. Color, yellowish green.
The disc flowers are small, and the ray flowers are few, from 4 to 6 in number; in color they are clear yellow. The cups are pale green, and the heads are gathered, in small clusters, on the end of the stalk, and in the angles of the upper leaves.
This is a pleasing variation from the common types of the Goldenrods; its prolonged leafy stem, slender in growth, and strung with small clusters of yellow flowers, is less showy, but more refined in general bearing than many others.