Solidago juncea W. Aiton. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Junceae. Common name: Early Goldenrod. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadbanks, woodland borders. Distribution: NS west to MN, south to GA, AL, MS, and n. LA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The species is diploid, 2n=18.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA20, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Johnson (1995); > Solidago juncea Aiton var. juncea — F, G; > Solidago juncea Aiton var. neobohemica Fernald — F; > Solidago juncea Aiton var. ramosa Porter & Britton — G. Basionym: Solidago juncea Aiton 1789
Links to other floras: = Solidago juncea - FNA20
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found in meadows, pastures, woodland borders and on road banks.
Stems: Stems may be obscurely angled, unbranched, green to reddish and smooth or nearly so.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, sessile (upper) or winged-petiolate (basal) but not sheathing, oblong-lance-shaped to narrowly oval, to 8 in. long (basal larger), vaguely toothed or entire, often with hairs along margin.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a terminal panicle, mostly on 1 side of the arching branches; heads about 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 7-13 yellow ray florets (often unevenly spaced and not open at the same time) encircling a central disk of 8-12 tiny, yellow, tubular florets. The narrowly bell-shaped base of each head (covered in tiny green bracts) is less than 1/4 in. long.
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Height: 1-3 ft.
plant sale text: Early Goldenrod can begin blooming in July. It is not too tall (to 4 ft) with delicate panicles of yellow flowers. It can handle full sun to part shade, dry to average well-drained soil. It is a clumping spreader, and can be divide if it fills in too much. Early Goldenrod attracts bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Songbirds eat it seeds.
bloom table text:
description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial found in meadows, pastures, woodland borders and on road banks.
stems: Stems may be obscurely angled, unbranched, green to reddish and smooth or nearly so.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, sessile (upper) or winged-petiolate (basal) but not sheathing, oblong-lance-shaped to narrowly oval, to 8 in. long (basal larger), vaguely toothed or entire, often with hairs along margin.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a terminal panicle, mostly on 1 side of the arching branches; heads about 1/4 in. wide, consisting of 7-13 yellow ray florets (often unevenly spaced and not open at the same time) encircling a central disk of 8-12 tiny, yellow, tubular florets. The narrowly bell-shaped base of each head (covered in tiny green bracts) is less than 1/4 in. long.
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native range: eastern North America
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