Glabrous to somewhat scabro-hirtellous, 3-10 dm, often sweetly aromatic; lvs relatively thin and lax, linear or nearly filiform, 1-3(-4) mm wide, (15-)20-50 times as long as wide, 1-nerved or also with a pair of weak lateral nerves, very often with well developed axillary fascicles; many or most of the heads commonly pedunculate; invol 3-4.5(-5) mm, evidently resinous, mostly 10-21-fld; rays ca 2 mm, spreading; 2n=18. Open, sandy places, especially near the coast; N.S. to Fla. and La. Two well marked vars., often treated as spp.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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Lvs linear or nearly filiform, 1-nerved or seldom also with a faint pair of lateral nerves, the larger ones 3-6 cm נ1-2(-3) mm, very often with axillary fascicles; rays mostly 7-11(-13) and disk-fls 3-4(5); the fls 11-15(-17) in all. Southern, ranging n. to Md. (Solidago m.; E. minor)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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