Solidago radula

Solidago radula
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago
Species: S. radula
Binomial name
Solidago radula
Nutt. 1834
Synonyms[2]

Solidago radula, the western rough goldenrod,[4] is a North American plant species in the sunflower family. It is found primarily in the southern Great Plains and the Mississippi Valley of the United States (from Texas to Illinois), with isolated populations farther east in Kentucky, Georgia, and the Carolinas.[5]

Solidago radula is a perennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall, with a caudex and rhizomes. Lower leaves can be up to 10 cm (4 inches) long, leaves higher on the stem much smaller. One plant can produce as many as 260 small yellow flower heads in a branching array. The species grows in open rocky places and in dry woodlands.[6]

References

  1. ↑ illustration from USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 396.
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Solidago radula Nutt.
  3. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  4. ↑ "Solidago radula". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Solidago radula Nuttall, 1834. Western rough goldenrod
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