Biology:Solidago latissimifolia
Solidago latissimifolia | |
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1913 illustration[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Solidago |
Species: | S. latissimifolia
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Binomial name | |
Solidago latissimifolia Mill. 1768
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Synonyms[2][3] | |
Synonymy
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Solidago latissimifolia, common name Elliott's goldenrod,[4] is North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia south to Alabama and Florida.[5]
Solidago latissimifolia is a perennial herb up to 400 cm (13 ft) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are elliptical, up to 15 cm (6 in) long. One plant can produce as many as 800 small yellow flower heads, in large branching arrays at the tops of the stems. The species grows in marshes (fresh water or brackish water) and thickets on the coastal plain.[6]
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as endangered in New York, and as a species of special concern in Rhode Island.[7] It is a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.[8]
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall:
- Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
References
- ↑ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 392.
- ↑ "Solidago latissimifolia". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Solidago+latissimifolia.
- ↑ Leonard J. Uttal & Duncan M. Porter 1988. The correct name for Elliott's goldenrod. Rhodora Vol. 90, No. 862 (April 1988), pp. 157-168
- ↑ "Solidago latissimifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOLA4. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Solidago latissimifolia", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20latissimifolia.png
- ↑ Semple, John C.; Cook, Rachel E. (2006), "Solidago latissimifolia", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 20, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067551
- ↑ "Solidago latissimifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOLA4.
- ↑ "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 January 2017.(Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
External links
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Native Plant Database profile, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas at Austin
Wikidata ☰ Q15566637 entry
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