Solidago canescens (Rydberg) Friesner. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Ptarmicoidei. Common name: Plains Bold Goldenrod. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Upland prairies. Distribution: ON and AB south to MO, OK, TX (?), and NM.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon includes only diploids (2n=18). It seems to warrant species rank, as Solidago canescens (Rydberg) Friesner, based on morphological distinctness and ploidy difference from Solidago rigida, with which it widely overlaps distribution.
Synonymy ⓘ: = n/a — Il; = Oligoneuron canescens Rydb.; = Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small var. humile G.L.Nesom — Nesom (1993b); = Solidago rigida L. ssp. humilis (Porter) S.B.Heard & Semple — FNA20, Mo2, POWO, Heard & Semple (1988); = Solidago rigida L. var. humilis Porter — C, G, GrPl, K4; < Solidago rigida L. — F, NcTx, Tx. Basionym: Oligoneuron canescens Rydb. 1904
Links to other floras: = Solidago rigida ssp. humilis - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (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 ⓘ: 9
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