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field goldenrod

Basal leaves

often linear-oblanceolate, usually not crenate.

Involucres

usually 4.6–5.8 mm.

Disc corolla

lobes (0.6–) 0.8–1.5 mm.

Cypselae

moderately strigose;

pappi usually exceeding ray corolla tubes and bases of disc corolla lobes.

2n

= 36.

Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Open, sandy and gravelly soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and grasslands, drier open mixed deciduous and conifers woods
Elevation 200–1600 m (700–5200 ft)
Distribution
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AR; CO; IA; IL; IN; KS; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; SK
Discussion

Subspecies decemflora is the tetraploid prairie and lower elevation cordilleran race of the species. Combinations based on Solidago longipetiolata have been applied to this race; the name does not have nomenclatural priority.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 160.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Nemorales > Solidago nemoralis
Sibling taxa
S. nemoralis subsp. nemoralis
Synonyms S. decemflora, Doria pulcherrima, S. canadensis var. canescens, S. longipetiolata, S. nemoralis subsp. longipetiolata, S. nemoralis var. decemflora, S. nemoralis var. longipetiolata, S. pulcherrima
Name authority (de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple: Phytologia 58: 430. (1985)
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