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Solidago hispida

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Solidago hispida
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S. hispida
Binomial name
Solidago hispida
Synonyms[1]
  • Solidago earlei Small
  • Solidago hirsuta Nutt.
  • Solidago lanata Hook.

Solidago hispida, the hairy goldenrod,[2] is North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Its native range extends from Newfoundland west to Saskatchewan, and south as far as Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Georgia.[3]

Solidago hispida is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (39 in) tall, with a branching underground caudex. Leaves are egg-shaped (ovate) or elliptical, up to 20 cm (8 in) long. One plant can produce more than 250 small yellow flower heads in branching arrays at the tops of the stems.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Solidago hispida". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  2. ^ NRCS. "Solidago hispida". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
  4. ^ Semple, John C.; Cook, Rachel E. (2006). "Solidago hispida". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.