Solidago latissimifolia

Solidago latissimifolia, common name Elliott's goldenrod,[4] is North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia south to Alabama and Florida.[5]

Solidago latissimifolia
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Solidago
Species:
S. latissimifolia
Binomial name
Solidago latissimifolia
Mill. 1768
Synonyms[2][3]

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]

References
  1. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 392.
  2. "Solidago latissimifolia". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  3. Leonard J. Uttal & Duncan M. Porter 1988. The correct name for Elliott's goldenrod. Rhodora Vol. 90, No. 862 (April 1988), pp. 157-168
  4. "Solidago latissimifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. "Solidago latissimifolia". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  6. Semple, John C.; Cook, Rachel E. (2006). "Solidago latissimifolia". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  7. "Solidago latissimifolia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  8. "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.)


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