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Solidago lepida

western Canada goldenrod
Habit Erect perennial from a creeping rhizome, 3-15 dm. tall, puberulent on the upper half of the stem and often glabrous below.
Leaves

Basal leaves wanting or, like the lower cauline, reduced and soon deciduous;

stem leaves numerous and crowded, scarcely reduced upward, lance-linear, tapering to the sessile base, sharply serrate to entire, 5-15 cm. long and 5-22 mm. wide.
Flowers

Inflorescence a terminal panicle with numerous flowers, the branches varying from straight to strongly recurved;

involucre 2-5 mm. high, its bracts thin and tapered;

rays 10-17, usually 13, 1-3 mm. long, yellow.
Fruits

Achene.

Solidago lepida
Flowering time July-October
Habitat Dry to moist areas in meadows and riparian areas, from low to middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, and east across Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
S. elongata, S. missouriensis, S. multiradiata, S. simplex
Subordinate taxa
S. lepida var. lepida, S. lepida var. salebrosa
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