Common Name: Canada goldenrodScientific Name: Solidago canadensis L.Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemsupright, tall, hairless below, pubescent above, branched above Leavesalternate, linear to lanceolate, sessile tapered base, variable margins - serrated to almost entire, prominent mid-vein underneath paralleled by two lateral veins, lower leaves deciduous by flowering Flowersheads of golden yellow disk (tubulate) and ray (ligulate) florets; terminal panicles, densely clustered, numerously branched, appear plume-like