Solidago nemoralis Aiton

Grey-stemmed goldenrod (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Solidago

Characteristics

Plants 20–100 cm; caudices short-branched. Stems 1–6(–10) , erect, short-canescent (hairs ascending to appressed). Leaves: basal and proximal cauline tapering to long, winged petioles, blades spatulate-ovate to oblanceolate, 20–95 × 7–15 mm, margins crenate to entire, apices acute, faces densely puberulent; mid and distal cauline (sometimes subtending axillary tufts of lateral branch leaves) sessile, blades linear-oblance-olate, 16–45 × 3–7 mm, reduced distally, margins entire. Heads 10–300, secund, in wandlike pyramidal, paniculiform arrays, secund to apically recurved, 8–25 × 2.5–10 cm, sometimes proximal branches elongate, repeating pattern. Peduncles 2–3.5 mm, bracteoles 0–4, linear. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 2.6–5.8 mm. Phyllaries in 3 series, ovate to linear-lanceolate, unequal, outer acute, inner obtuse. Ray florets 5–11; laminae 2.8–5.5 × 0.3–0.7 mm. Disc florets 3–10; 2.5–4.6 mm, lobes 0.4-0.6 mm. Cypselae (obconic) 0.5–2 mm, strigose; pappi 2–4 mm.
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Plants 1–10 dm from a branched caudex; herbage densely and finely puberulent with minute, loosely spreading hairs; lvs basally disposed, weakly or scarcely triple-nerved, the larger ones oblanceolate or a bit wider, 5–25 × 0.8–4 cm, ± toothed; infl paniculiform, sometimes long, narrow, and merely nodding at the tip, varying to more ample and sometimes with long divergent, recurved-secund branches; invol bracts imbricate, glabrous except for the ciliolate margins; rays 5–9, short; disk-fls 3–6; achenes short-hairy; 2n=18, 36. Dry woods and open places, especially in sandy soil; N.S. to Fla., w. to Alta. and Tex. Three vars.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.65
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
Flower color
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry open places in foothills, valleys and plains. Open sandy, gravelly, and clay soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and fields from sea level to 1000 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

The seeds are used as food.
Uses dye incense medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Burn Dressing (leaf), Dermatological Aid (leaf), Disinfectant (leaf), Burns (leaf), Disinfectants (leaf), Liver Aid (root), Kidney Aid (root), Jaundice (root), Liver diseases (root), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Solidago nemoralis habit picture by Catarina Lanzilotta-Moore (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Solidago nemoralis leaf picture by Sylvia Van Hoy (cc-by-sa)
Solidago nemoralis leaf picture by Joe Daley (cc-by-sa)
Solidago nemoralis leaf picture by Sylvia Van Hoy (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Solidago nemoralis flower picture by Sylvia Van Hoy (cc-by-sa)
Solidago nemoralis flower picture by Tara Trainor (cc-by-sa)
Solidago nemoralis flower picture by rouss marifleur (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Solidago nemoralis world distribution map, present in Canada, Fiji, India, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:249731-1
WFO ID wfo-0000013309
COL ID 6YSX8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Solidago nemoralis f. nemoralis Solidago nemoralis var. elongata Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis Solidago nemoralis

Lower taxons

Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora Solidago nemoralis subsp. nemoralis