Solidago canadensis Linnaeus var. canadensis . Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Triplinervae. Series: Canadenses. Common name: Northern Common Goldenrod. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Old fields, pastures, roadsides. Distribution: 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, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, SE1, Semple & Chmielewski (2022), Semple (2023d); < Solidago canadensis L. — Oh3, S, Tat, WV; < Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis — G. Basionym: Solidago canadensis L. 1753
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
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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