Solidago nemoralis subsp. nemoralis
Solidago sect. Solidago
gray goldenrod
basal (rosettes) usually withering by flowering;
petiole bases or vasculature not persisting on rhizomes;
proximalmost cauline petiolate, sometimes present at flowering;
proximal and distal sometimes 3-nerved.
oblanceolate to obovate, usually crenate.
usually 2.6–4.2+ mm (larger in tetraploids).
lobes 0.5–0.9(–1) mm.
1-nerved, usually not striate (3–5-nerved and striate in S. glomerata, S. lancifolia, S. roanensis) sometimes minutely stipitate-glandular, sometimes resinous.
in ± paniculiform or thyrsiform arrays (wand-, club-, or secund cone-shaped) or in axillary clusters, sometimes in rounded corymbiform arrays.
usually only sparsely strigose;
pappi usually not or barely exceeding ray corolla tubes and bases of disc corolla lobes.
bristles in 2–3 series (shorter, outer setiform scales rarely present, outer, longer bristles apically attenuate, inner bristles longest, weakly to strongly clavate).
= 18, 36.
Solidago nemoralis subsp. nemoralis
Solidago sect. Solidago
Subspecies nemoralis is found in the open, disturbed soils of fields, roadsides, and gravelly embankments in the eastern deciduous forest area. Plants of the southeastern United States with a few elongated proximal branches in the arrays have been treated as var. haleana; that trait occurs farther north on occasion and not all shoots of the same plant have it. It is treated here as a synonym of the typical subspecies. Diploids occur throughout the range; tetraploids are scattered.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species ca. 95 (71 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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