Solidago arguta Aiton. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Argutae. Subsection: Argutae. Common name: Forest Goldenrod. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Woodlands, woodland borders, bluffs, sloped forests, road margins or cut-over woods. Distribution: S. ME and s. ON south to NC and TN; disjunct in s. OL, MO, and (?) AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Some western populations have been called S. arguta var. neurolepis or S. neurolepis (see synonymy); this has alternately been considered to be a hybrid.
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, G, Il, S, Tat, Semple et al (2021); = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. arguta – C, SE1, W; = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. arguta var. arguta – FNA20; = Solidago arguta Aiton – K4, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va; < Solidago arguta Aiton – RAB; < Solidago arguta Aiton – K1, Johnson (1995); > Solidago arguta Aiton var. neurolepis (Fernald) Steyerm.; > Solidago neurolepis Fernald – F
Links to other floras: = Solidago arguta ssp. arguta var. arguta - FNA20
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 5
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to arching, rhizomatous perennial of moist to dry upland forests, woodlands, barrens and clearings.
Stems: Stems sometimes obscurely angled, branched above, mostly smooth.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, winged-petiolate, elliptic to oval, 2-5 in. long (reduced and sessile upward), toothed, smooth to slightly rough-hairy.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in an open, leafy, pyramidal array of branches at top of plant, the heads mostly on 1 side of each branch; heads consisting of 2-8 small, yellow ray florets encircling a small center disk of 8-20 tiny, yellow, tubular florets. 3-4 series of tiny bracts surround the cup-shaped base of each head.
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Comments: Several varieties can be distinguished in our region with the help of technical manuals: var. caroliniana, var. arguta, and var. boottii. Image here is of S. arguta var. caroliniana.
Height: 2-3 ft.
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description: Erect to arching, rhizomatous perennial of moist to dry upland forests, woodlands, barrens and clearings.
stems: Stems sometimes obscurely angled, branched above, mostly smooth.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, winged-petiolate, elliptic to oval, 2-5 in. long (reduced and sessile upward), toothed, smooth to slightly rough-hairy.
inflorescence:
flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in an open, leafy, pyramidal array of branches at top of plant, the heads mostly on 1 side of each branch; heads consisting of 2-8 small, yellow ray florets encircling a small center disk of 8-20 tiny, yellow, tubular florets. 3-4 series of tiny bracts surround the cup-shaped base of each head.
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comments: Several varieties can be distinguished in our region with the help of technical manuals: var. caroliniana, var. arguta, and var. boottii. Image here is of S. arguta var. caroliniana.
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