Solidago squarrosa

Muhlenberg

Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept., 79. 1813.

Common names: Stout goldenrod verge d’or squarreuse
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster muehlenbergianus Kuntze Solidago squamosa Nuttall ex Hooker Solidago squarrosa var. ramosa Peck
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 120. Mentioned on page 119, 122, 123.
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Plants 30–150 cm; caudices branching. Stems 1–5+, erect, glabrous proximal to arrays. Leaves: 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. Heads 20–200, not secund, in narrow, elongate arrays of axillary and terminal racemiform clusters, branches and peduncles hairy, leafy-bracteate proximally. Peduncles 8–10 mm. Involucres 5–9 mm. Phyllaries (20–26) in 4–6 series, recurved, unequal, conspicuously spreading, lanceolate, margins ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, finely strigose. Ray florets 10–16; laminae 4–6.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm. Disc florets 15–30; corollas 5–5.6 mm, lobes 0.5–1.2 mm. Cypselae (obconic) 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 3–4.3 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Dry woods, fields and rocky slopes
Elevation: 0–1000+ m

Distribution

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N.B., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., Ind., Ky., Maine, Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Vt., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Muhlenberg +
Stout goldenrod +  and verge d’or squarreuse +
N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–1000+ m +
Dry woods, fields and rocky slopes +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept., +
Aster muehlenbergianus +, Solidago squamosa +  and Solidago squarrosa var. ramosa +
Solidago squarrosa +
Solidago subsect. Squarrosae +
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