Solidago juncea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago juncea.jpg

| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.152450/Solidago_juncea |website=explorer.natureserve.org}}

|genus = Solidago

|species = juncea

|authority = Aiton 1789

|synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |authority=Aiton}}

|synonyms = Aster ciliaris Kuntze

}}

Solidago juncea, the early goldenrod,{{PLANTS |id=SOJU |taxon=Solidago juncea |accessdate=18 November 2015}} plume golden-rod, or yellow top, is a North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae native to eastern and central Canada and eastern and central United States. It grows from Nova Scotia west to Manitoba and Minnesota south as far as northern Georgia and northern Arkansas, with a few isolated populations in Louisiana and Oklahoma.{{BONAP|ref |genus=Solidago |species=juncea}}

Solidago juncea is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves around the base of the plant can be as much as 30 cm (1 foot) long, the leaves getting smaller higher on the stem. One plant can produce as many as 450 small yellow flower heads in a large, showy array.{{eFloras|1 |tribe=Astereae |first1=John C. |last1=Semple |first2=Rachel E. |last2=Cook}}

Solidago juncea is often grown in gardens as an ornamental.{{cite book | author-link=Neltje Blanchan | last=Blanchan | first=Neltje | title=Wild Flowers Worth Knowing | year=2005 | publisher=Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation}}[http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=G670 Missouri Botanical Garden Gardening Help: Solidago juncea]