Biology:Solidago tortifolia
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Solidago tortifolia | |
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| 1913 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Solidago |
| Species: | S. tortifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Solidago tortifolia Elliott[2]
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Solidago tortifolia, commonly known as twistleaf goldenrod,[4] is a North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae. It is found in the eastern and southern United States, primarily along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain from Maryland to Texas .[5]
Solidago tortifolia is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (52 inches or 4 1/3 feet) tall, with a woody underground caudex or rhizomes. One plant can produce as many as 300 small yellow flower heads in a large, branching array at the top of the plant.[6]
References
- ↑ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 390.
- ↑ Elliott, Stephen (1824). A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia in Two Volumes. 2. Charleston: J. R. Schenck. pp. 377–378. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10079094.
- ↑ The Plant List, Solidago tortifolia Elliott
- ↑ "Solidago tortifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOTO2. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Flora of North America, Solidago tortifolia Elliott, 1823. Twist-leaf goldenrod
Wikidata ☰ Q15566553 entry
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