Solidago canadensis Linnaeus var. hargeri Fernald. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Triplinervae. Series: Canadenses. Harger’s Common Goldenrod. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Old fields, pastures, roadsides. Dist: VT and NH west to MN, south to VA, NC, TN, OH, IL, and IA. First reported for NC by Poindexter & Murrell (2008) and for TN by Morton (2017). Likely much more common than assumed, but misrepresented due to taxonomic confusion with S. altissima.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

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

Synonymy: = C, F, FNA20, GrPl, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, SE1, Va, Johnson (1995), Semple (2023d); = n/a – RAB; < Solidago canadensis L. – Oh3, S, Tat, W, WV; < Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis – G

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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