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Solidago canadensis Linnaeus var. canadensis . Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Triplinervae. Series: Canadenses. Northern Common Goldenrod. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Old fields, pastures, roadsides. Dist: NL (Newfoundland) west to MN, south to VA, OH, and IL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: A diploid taxon, 2n=18.

Other Comments: See Fernald (1950), p. 1408.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA20, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, SE1, Braun (1942) et al. (1996), Semple (2023d); < Solidago canadensis L. – Oh3, S, Tat, WV; < Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis – G

Links to other floras: = Solidago canadensis var. canadensis - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of alluvial clearings, river banks, fields, pastures and roadsides.

Stems: Stems unbranched, smooth below, sparsely hairy above.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, crowded, lance-shaped to lance-linear, 1-6 in. long, sharply toothed, with 2 veins parallel to the midvein and hairy beneath along veins.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Compound flowers (heads) clustered along spreading-ascending, curving branches of pyramid-shaped, terminal cluster; heads to 1/8 in. long, consisting of 8-14 tiny, yellow ray florets and just a few yellow, tubular, disk florets.

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Height: 2-5 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of alluvial clearings, river banks, fields, pastures and roadsides.

stems: Stems unbranched, smooth below, sparsely hairy above.

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, crowded, lance-shaped to lance-linear, 1-6 in. long, sharply toothed, with 2 veins parallel to the midvein and hairy beneath along veins.

inflorescence:

flowers: Compound flowers (heads) clustered along spreading-ascending, curving branches of pyramid-shaped, terminal cluster; heads to 1/8 in. long, consisting of 8-14 tiny, yellow ray florets and just a few yellow, tubular, disk florets.

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