Solidago buckleyi |
Solidago lepida |
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Rocky Mountain goldenrod, western goldenrod |
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Habit | Plants 2–15 dm; rhizomatous. | |
Stems | simple or branched, densely puberulent, often glabrate proximally. |
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Leaves | cauline; blades broadly to narrowly oblanceolate or elliptic, 4–15 cm; margins entire to denticulate or serrulate; tips acute; surfaces glabrous to sparsely villous; distal leaves sometimes minutely glandular, sessile or short-petioled. |
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Inflorescences | thyrse-like or pyramidal arrays; bracts generally present above lower 1–3 nodes, reduced distally. |
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Involucres | campanulate, 2–5 mm. |
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Ray florets | 7–20. |
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Disc florets | 2–13; corollas 2–5 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 3–5 series, linear-lanceolate; surfaces glabrous or minutely glandular; outer gradually shorter. |
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Fruits | 0.5–1.2 mm, strigillose. |
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Heads | sessile to short- or long-pedunculate. |
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2n | =18, 36, 54. |
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Solidago buckleyi |
Solidago lepida |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Forests, open woods, meadows, pastures, bogs, marshes, riverbanks. Flowering Jun–Oct. 0–2000 m. All ecoregions. CA, ID, NV, WA; throughout Canada and western US. Native. In Oregon, varieties lepida and salebrosa are not geographically or ecologically separate and show a blending of morphology. Here they are merged into the species S. lepida. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 345 Kenton Chambers |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Solidago canadensis, Solidago canadensis ssp. salebrosa, Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa, Solidago lepida var. lepida, Solidago lepida var. salebrosa | |
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