E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt.
fragrant goldenrod (flat-top goldentop)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome; stems erect, branched in the inflorescence, essentially glabrous, 0.3-1.0 m tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves alternate, numerous, unstalked, lance-linear, 7-11 times as long as wide, up to 13 cm long and 12 mm wide, 3- to 5-nerved, glabrous or hairy, never glaucous; lower stem leaves soon deciduous.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers in a compact, flat-topped inflorescence; involucres 3-5 mm tall; involucral bracts obtuse to abruptly sharp-pointed, yellow and often green-tipped; ray flowers yellow; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes angled or more or less cylindric, several-nerved, hairy; pappus of white, hairlike bristles.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S5?	Yellow	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

TAXONOMIC KEY TO EUTHAMIA

1. Inflorescence usually interrupted and elongate; plants glabrous and often glaucous; involucral bracts with long-pointed tips E. occidentalis

1. Inflorescence essentially flat-topped and compact; plants glabrous or hairy, never glaucous; involucral bracts obtuse to abruptly sharp-pointed, without long-pointed tips E. graminifolia

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