S O L I D A G O Virgaurea.
Common Golden-rod,
S T N G E N E S I A Polygamia-fuperflua.
G e n . C h a r . Receptacle naked. Down fimple. LU
gulate florets about 5 . Calyx-fcales imbricated,
clofed.
S p e c . C h a r . Stem flightly zigzag , angular. Flower.
clufters panicled, upright, crowded.
S y n . Solidago Virgaurea. Linn. Sp. PI. 12,35. Hudf.
-FI. An. 367., With. Bot. Arr. 917. Relb. Cant. 31$.
Sibth. Ox. 254.
Virga aurea. Llaii Syn. 176.
I n w o od s, copfes, and among fu r z e upon hea th y grou nd not
u nfrequ en t, flow e ring from J u ly to September.
R o o t perennia l, o f lo n g Ample fibres. S tem v ery various in
h e igh t, from 10 inches to 3 fe e t, curv ed b e low , then e r e f t ,
le a fy , v e ry flightly z ig z a g , angular and ftria ted, rough, a little
d ow n y . L e a v e s ha rfh, c lothed w ith fhort r ig id dow n , paler
beneath, on w in g ed footftalks ; the radical ones obovate, or at
le a ft v e ry broadly lanceola te , fer rated, o r ra ther c ren a te ; thofe
on th e item alternate, n a r row er and more entire. F low e r s
y e llow , in terminal and a xilla ry ere£t c lufte rs , fo rm ing a denfe
p anic le , w h ich varies e xtreme ly as to lu xu riance and number
o f flowers. Brafte se lanceola te, dow ny. C a ly x -fca le s v/ith a
membranous bo rder , dow n y . R a y s o f the flower from 5 to 9
o r 10. S e ed -d ow n rough w h en magnified. T h e herb bruifed
fme lls like w ild carrot. I t has been elte em ed a vu ln e ra ry , and
is recommended to be taken inte rnally as w e ll as applied to
the wound. A s a tonic it may ftrength en the g en era l habit o f
b o d y , and by th at means be o f ufe.
S om e botanifts have fu fp e& ed our go lden -ro d to be different
from th e S . Virgaurea o f Linnaeus, but on a ca re fu l coqmarifon
o f fpec imens w e find them p re c ife ly the fame.