Euthamia gymnospermoides Greene

Texas goldentop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Euthamia

Characteristics

Perennials or subshrubs, 40–150 cm. Stems (simple or branched) glabrous or with scabrous lines, not glaucous. Leaves usually ascending; blades (1–)3-or-5-nerved, linear to lanceolate, 40–100(–120) × 1.4–4(–8) mm, lengths 12–49 time widths, gradually reduced distally, firm-herbaceous, margins scabrous, apices acuminate, faces abundantly and prominently gland-dotted (29–49 dots per mm²), glabrous or midveins with hairs. Heads (some or all) pedunculate (rarely all glomerate), usually in flat-topped to slightly rounded, arrays (25–)35–60% of plant heights. Involucres obconic, (4–)4.5–6.2 mm. Phyllaries usually green-tipped, outer ovate, inner linear-oblong, apices obtuse to acute (± strongly resinous). Ray florets 9–13(–16). Disc florets 3–9; corollas (3–)3.3–4.8 mm. 2n = 36, 54.
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Glabrous except for the slightly scabrous lf-margins, 4–10 dm; lvs densely and strongly glandular punctate, obscurely to sometimes evidently 3-nerved, without any additional lateral nerves, linear, 4–10 cm × 1.5–4(–6) mm; heads sessile in small glomerules or somewhat pedunculate, mostly 14–20-fld, the short rays 10–14, the disk-fls 4–6; invol (4.5–)5–6.5 mm, narrow, ± strongly glutinous, its bracts obtuse or the inner acute; 2n=36. Open, often sandy, moist to rather dry places; s. Minn. and w. Ill. to Mo., Colo., and Tex. (Solidago g.)
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Leaf

Euthamia gymnospermoides leaf picture by Jackson Campbell (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Euthamia gymnospermoides world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:102431-2
WFO ID wfo-0000022132
COL ID 3DCYT
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Solidago gymnospermoides Euthamia camporum Solidago camporum Euthamia gymnospermoides Euthamia glutinosa Solidago chrysothamnoides Solidago perglabra Solidago texensis Euthamia pulverulenta Solidago pulverulenta Solidago remota Solidago gymnospermoides var. callosa Solidago graminifolia var. gymnospermoides Solidago gymnospermoides var. gymnospermoides Solidago camporum var. camporum Euthamia camporum var. camporum