Solidago leavenworthii

Summary

Solidago leavenworthii, or Leavenworth's goldenrod,[2] is North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern United States from Florida north to Georgia and the Carolinas.[3][4][5][6][7]

Solidago leavenworthii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago
Species:
S. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Solidago leavenworthii
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster leavenworthii (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze

Solidago leavenworthii is a perennial herb up to 210 cm (80 inches or 6 2/3 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are crowded together, with as many as 80 leaves on one stem, though none gathered around the base of the stalk as in some related species. One plant can produce as many as 350 small yellow flower heads in a tall, branching array at the top of the plant.[8]

Galls edit

This species is host to the following insect induced galls:

external link to gallformers

See also edit

References edit

  •   Media related to Solidago leavenworthii at Wikimedia Commons
  1. ^ The Plant List, Solidago leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solidago leavenworthii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Solidago leavenworthii Leavenworth's Goldenrod
  5. ^ Alabama Plant Atlas
  6. ^ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
  7. ^ South Carolling Plant Atlas
  8. ^ Flora of North America, Solidago leavenworthii Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Leavenworth’s goldenrod