Solidago speciosa |
Solidago squarrosa |
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noble goldenrod, showy goldenrod |
squarrose goldenrod, stout goldenrod, verge d'or squarreuse |
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Habit | Plants (30–)50–200 cm; caudices stout, woody. | Plants 30–150 cm; caudices branching. | ||||||||
Stems | 1(–5), erect, glabrous proximally to strigillose in arrays. |
1–5+, erect, glabrous proximal to arrays. |
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Leaves | basal and proximal cauline (sometimes withering by flowering) tapering to winged petioles, blades lanceolate to ovate-elliptic, 50–300 (including petiole) × 12–80 mm (sometimes firm), margins sharply serrate to crenate or entire, faces glabrate to sparsely strigillose; mid to distal cauline sessile, blades narrowly ovate to lanceolate or elliptic, 25–90 × 5–30 mm, gradually reduced distally, margins serrulate to entire (distally), ciliate, faces glabrous or sparsely scabroso-strigose. |
basal and proximal cauline tapering quickly to long, winged ciliate-margined petioles, blades ovate, 50–200 × 20–100 mm, margins serrate; mid to distal cauline sessile, blades oblanceolate, 30–100 × 8–35 mm, reduced distally and becoming lanceolate-ovate, margins entire, abaxially sparsely strigose along nerves. |
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Peduncles | 1.5–3 mm, sparsely to moderately scabroso-strigillose; bracteoles linear, grading into phyllaries, scattered along peduncles, clustered near heads. |
8–10 mm. |
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Involucres | narrowly campanulate, 4–6.5 mm. |
5–9 mm. |
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Ray florets | (2–)3–7(–9); laminae 3–4 × 0.5–1 mm. |
10–16; laminae 4–6.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm. |
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Disc florets | 6–16; corollas 2.5–4 mm, lobes 0.5–1.2 mm. |
15–30; corollas 5–5.6 mm, lobes 0.5–1.2 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 3–4 series, appressed, strongly unequal, outer ovate, mid and inner lanceolate, (midnerves often raised and thick) apices acute to obtuse or rounded, glabrous. |
(20–26) in 4–6 series, recurved, unequal, conspicuously spreading, lanceolate, margins ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, finely strigose. |
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Heads | 15–300+, not secund, in usually dense, sometimes open, elongate, paniculiform to thyrsiform arrays, (5–)10–45 × (2–)3–7(–12) cm; branches strongly ascending, often racemiform. |
20–200, not secund, in narrow, elongate arrays of axillary and terminal racemiform clusters, branches and peduncles hairy, leafy-bracteate proximally. |
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Cypselae | (narrowly obconic) 1.6–2.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 3–4.5 mm. |
(obconic) 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 3–4.3 mm. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Solidago speciosa |
Solidago squarrosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Sep. | |||||||||
Habitat | Dry woods, fields and rocky slopes | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1000+ m (0–3300+ ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AL; AR; CO; CT; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; WY; ON
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CT; DE; IN; KY; MA; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VA; VT; WV; NB; ON; QC
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). Solidago speciosa occurs scattered throughout its range, often in small populations. Five races have been acknowledged; only three varieties appear to warrant recognition. The species is divided into two nearly allopatric subspecies. The typical subspecies includes two varieties that are sometimes difficult to distinguish and considerably overlap in their ranges. The differences in size and number of leaves and persistence of the proximal cauline leaves may be caused in part by growing conditions. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 123. | FNA vol. 20, p. 120. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Squarrosae | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Squarrosae | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Aster speciosus | Aster muehlenbergianus, S. squamosa, S. squarrosa var. ramosa | ||||||||
Name authority | Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 160. (1818) | Muhlenberg: Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept., 79. (1813) | ||||||||
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