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wrinkleleaf goldenrod

Leaves

relatively thick and firm, strongly rugose-nerved, usually blunt-toothed to subentire, apices often acute, relatively short and stiff hairy.

Ray florets

5–8(–10)

Solidago rugosa subsp. aspera

Solidago ser. Venosae

Distribution
from USDA
e North America
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Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

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

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 147.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Venosae > ser. Venosae > Solidago rugosa
Sibling taxa
S. rugosa subsp. rugosa, S. rugosa var. aspera, S. rugosa var. celtidifolia, S. rugosa var. cronquistiana, S. rugosa var. rugosa, S. rugosa var. sphagnophila
Synonyms S. aspera
Name authority (Aiton) Cronquist: Rhodora 49: 78. (1947)
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