Solidago curtisii

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago curtisii - Flickr - pellaea.jpg

|genus = Solidago

|species = curtisii

|authority = Torr. & A.Gray

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• Solidago ambigua var. curtisii (Torr. & A.Gray) Alph.Wood
• Solidago caesia var. curtisii (Torr. & A.Gray) C.E.S.Taylor & R.John Taylor
• Solidago caesia var. hispida Alph.Wood
• Solidago asterifolia Small, syn of var. flaccidifolia
• Solidago flaccidifolia Small, syn of var. flaccidifolia

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Solidago curtisii, commonly called Curtis' goldenrod and mountain decumbent goldenrod,{{PLANTS|id=SOCU|taxon=Solidago curtisii|accessdate=18 November 2015}} is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is the eastern part of the United States from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and Alabama, primarily in the southern Appalachian Mountains.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20curtisii.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Solidago curtisii is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a thick, woody underground caudex. Stem is narrow, wiry, and dark purple. One plant can produce up to 800 small yellow flower heads in small clumps in the axils of the leaves.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067539 Flora of North America, Solidago curtisii Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Curtis’ goldenrod ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10009478#page/200/mode/1up Torrey, John & Asa Gary. 1842. Flora of North America 2(2): 200]