Wildflowers Identified: Maryland Golden-Aster
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Maryland Golden-Aster has these characteristics:
- in a head (7 or more petals): cluster of stalkless (or nearly stalkless) flowers
- several flowers on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 5/8 to 1 inch flower width
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- yellow to orange flower color
- blooms in August
- blooms in September or later
- plant height one foot or less
- plant height one foot to two feet
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- leaf petiole absent (has no leafstalk)
- alternate leaf arrangement on the stem
- smooth leaf edges
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- branched leaf veins
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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