I fancied that the aster radula, diplopappus umbellatus, solidago lanceolatus, red trumpetweed, and many others which were conspicuously in bloom on the shore of the lake and on the carry, had a peculiarly wild and primitive look there. ❋ Various (N/A)
Iowa, is the solidago speciosa, or the showy golden-rod, which sometimes grows five, six or seven feet high in rich soil, with a stout, smooth stem and big, smooth leaves, the lower ones broadly oval and sometimes from four to ten inches long and one to four inches wide. ❋ Frederick John Lazell (1905)
Another handsome species which is fairly common is the solidago rigida, or hard-leaved golden-rod, whose leaves are thick, rough and fairly broad, the lower ones sometimes a foot long, and whose flower clusters form a broad flat top. ❋ Frederick John Lazell (1905)
A similar golden-rod, but with hairy stems and smaller flower clusters is the solidago Canadensis or Canada golden-rod. ❋ Frederick John Lazell (1905)
There is the tall, smooth stemmed golden-rod, with saw toothed leaves, except near the base and ample pyramids of medium-sized clusters of blossoms; this is the solidago serotina, or late golden-rod. ❋ Frederick John Lazell (1905)
Nearly all the northern and most of the southern species of aster and solidago, or golden rod, abound. ❋ North Carolina. Board Of Agriculture. (1896)
The alpine spiraea grows here also and blossoms profusely with potentilla, erigeron, eriogonum, pentstemon, solidago, and an interesting species of onion, and four or five species of grasses and sedges. ❋ John Muir (1876)
One of these streams, which forms a smaller lake near the river, was broken up into several channels; and the irrigated bottom of fertile soil was covered with innumerable flowers, among which were purple fields of _eupatorium purpureum_, with helianthi, a handsome solidago, (_S. canadensis_,) and a variety of other plants in bloom. ❋ Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont (1851)
There were raspberry bushes, too, and a profusion of that tall yellow flower we call Aaron's golden rod, a _solidago_, and the white love-everlasting, the same that the chaplets are made of by the ❋ Catharine Parr Strickland Traill (1850)
The arrangement, created by Evan Euripidou of Anthology Studio, consists of solidago, trachellium, Italian ruscus, Israeli ruscus, Scotch broom, Monstera leaves, and curly willow. ❋ L'Archivista (2010)
As far as flowers go, many late blooming perennials are in full bloom, including Joe Pye weed, Japanese anemones, Russian sage, sedum, Caryopteris, solidago (golden rod), fall asters and hardy Chysanthemums. ❋ Unknown (2009)
American golden rod, _solidago canadensis_, affords a very beautiful yellow to wool, silk and cotton upon an aluminous basis. " ❋ Ethel M. Mairet (N/A)
