RIGID GOLDENROD
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Solidago rigida L.
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 1-5 feet |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September,October |
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| Also Called: | | Stiff goldenrod. | | Stems: | | Erect, stout, clustered, usually unbranched, leafy, rough-hairy. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, long-stalked below, sessile above, broadly ovate to lanceolate, 2 to 10 inches long, 1 to 4 inches wide, thick, rigid, rough on both surfaces or somewhat glabrous beneath; margins mostly entire; tips pointed; upper leaves reduced. | | Inflorescences: | | Corymb-like, flat-topped to rounded, densely flowered, terminal; heads about 3/8 inch wide; bracts firm, rounded. | | Flowers: | | Ray florets 7-14, about 1/4 inch long, yellow; disk florets 19-31, yellow. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, ribbed, glabrous, tipped with whitish bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Dry open prairies, pastures, and hillsides, on rocky or sandy sites. | | Distribution: | | East 4/5 of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Rigid goldenrod has deep roots that allow it to compete well with native grasses. It increases in overgrazed pastures. |
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| | Rigid goldenrod basal leaf |  | | 152 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
| | Rigid goldenrod inflorescence |  | | 102 KB | | Marshall County, Kansas |
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| | Rigid goldenrod habit |  | | 171 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Rigid goldenrod inflorescence |  | | 157 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Rigid goldenrod in winter |  | | 175 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
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