Solidago bicolor

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago bicolor - White Goldenrod.jpg

|genus = Solidago

|species = bicolor

|authority = L.

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|Aster bicolor (L.) Nees

|Aster pubens (M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray) Kuntze

|Solidago alba Mill.

|Solidago bicolor var. concolor Torr. & A.Gray

|Solidago curtisii var. pubens (M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray

|Solidago bicolor var. hispida (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

|Solidago bicolor var. lanata (Hook.) A.Gray

|Solidago bicolor var. luteola Farw.

|Solidago bicolor var. ovalis Farw.

|Solidago bicolor var. spathulata Farw.

|Solidago bicolor var. tonsa

|Solidago curtisii var. pubens (M.A.Curtis ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray

|Solidago pubens M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray

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|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-132282 The Plant List, Solidago bicolor]

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Solidago bicolor, with several common names including white goldenrod{{PLANTS|id=SOBI|taxon=Solidago bicolor|accessdate=18 November 2015}} and silverrod, is a plant species native to much of eastern North America.Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae, ed. 12 2: 556. 1767.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242417280 Flora of North America, Solidago bicolor 1767, White goldenrod , silverrod , verge d’or bicolore ] It is found in Canada (from Manitoba to Nova Scotia) and in the United States (every state completely east of the Mississippi except Florida).[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20bicolor.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map] It prefers sandy and rocky soils, and can frequently be found along roadsides.

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Solidago bicolor is distinctive in the genus. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white rather than yellow, the heads mostly clustered in the axils of the leaves rather than displayed in a large terminal raceme.