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Photo is of parent taxon
Herbage

glabrous.

Heads

in compact to lax pyramidal arrays, branches divergent and recurved arrays.

Distal

cauline leaf blades lanceolate, somewhat reduced distally.

Rays

florets 5–12.

2n

= 18, 54.

Solidago rugosa var. sphagnophila

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat Sandy and boggy soils, cedar woods and wet ground
Elevation 0–100+ m (0–300+ ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; MA; ME; NC; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; VA; NS
Discussion

Variety sphagnophila is a distinctive cedar-swamp race in its pure form. Intermediates with var. rugosa occur in areas of sympatry.

(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. aspera, S. rugosa subsp. rugosa, S. rugosa var. aspera, S. rugosa var. celtidifolia, S. rugosa var. cronquistiana, S. rugosa var. rugosa
Synonyms S. aestivalis
Name authority C. Graves: Rhodora 6: 183. (1904)
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