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close up image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a partial flower head long after blooms have faded detailing the short filaments used in wind dispersal of the mature seeds.

field image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a small stand at full bloom.

close up image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing the tip of a flower head with a bloom about to open, and several others openning detaling the disk and ray flowers of a single bloom.This species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.

close up image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a partial flower head with numerous flowers at full bloom.

2011-10-09 Vienna XXII. district, Lobau - Danube National Park (155 msm Quadrant 7864/2).German name: Nessel-Teufelszwirn, Nessel-Seide; Riesen-GoldruteSolidago is a new-found host of Cuscuta which prefers native Urtica (and a few other species); last year I found that Cuscuta is not as vital on Solidago as it is on Urtica (it only bore few fruit on the former), and the same was true this year - only that this year's growth of Cuscuta was much richer, and it reached fruiting stage on many Soldiago plants too - like on this one here.For more photos from the same habitat click here!

close up image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a partial flower head with numerous buds and many flowers at full opening.

close up image of Solidago gigantea LATE GOLDENROD at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - showing a flower head just emerging with some blooms beginning to open.