Euthamia graminifolia

Euthamia graminifolia

Flowering plant
Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Euthamia
Species:	E. graminifolia
Binomial name
*Euthamia graminifolia* (L.) Nutt.
Synonyms^[2]
Synonymy Aster euthamia Kuntze Aster graminifolius (L.) Kuntze Chrysocoma graminifolia L. Chrysocoma virginiana Hort. ex DC. Diplemium carolinianum Raf. Erigeron carolinensis Crantz Erigeron carolinianus L. Euthamia caroliniana (L.) Greene ex Porter & Britton Euthamia fastigiata Bush Euthamia floribunda Greene Euthamia tenuifolia (Pursh) Nutt.^[1] Euthamia galetorum Greene Euthamia hirtella Greene Euthamia hirtipes (Fernald) Sieren Euthamia media Greene Euthamia microcephala (Nutt.) Greene Euthamia microphylla Greene Euthamia minor (Michx.) Greene Euthamia nuttallii Greene Euthamia remota Greene Solidago caroliniana (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Solidago galetorum (Greene) Friesner Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb. Solidago lanceolata L. Solidago microcephala (Greene) Bush Solidago microphylla (Greene) Bush 1918 not Engelm. ex Small 1903 Solidago minor (Michx.) Fernald Solidago moseleyi Fernald Solidago tenuifolia Pursh

Euthamia graminifolia, the grass-leaved goldenrod or flat-top goldentop, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae.^[3]

It is native to much of Canada (from Newfoundland to British Columbia), and the northern and eastern United States (primarily the Northeast, the Great Lakes region, and the Ohio Valley, with additional populations in the Southeast, the Great Plains, and a few scattered locations in the Pacific Northwest).^[3]^[4] There are also introduced populations in Europe and Asia.^[5]

Description

Euthamia graminifolia is a herbaceous plant on thin, branching stems. Leaves are alternate, simple, long and narrow much like grass leaves (hence the name of the species). One plant can produce many small, yellow flower heads flat-topped arrays sometimes as much as 30 cm (1 foot) across. Each head has 7–35 ray florets surrounding 3–13 disc florets. The species is very common in fallow fields, waste places, fencerows, and vacant lots in many places.^[3]