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Goldenrod
Solidago canadensis
A hay-scented late-summer infusion, unfairly blamed for ragweed, useful when the head is thick.
Flavor
Hay, honey, a little bitter green. The flower is the perfume.
Symptoms
allergies, congestion, sore throat
In favor
Easy to find and dry
Against
Asteraceae allergy
Days to harvest
Second-year bloom from seed; divisions flower the same summer
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