Solidago latissimifolia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Solidago latissimifolia01.jpg

| image_caption = 1913 illustrationUSDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 392.

| genus = Solidago

| species = latissimifolia

| authority = Mill. 1768

| synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList}}[https://www.jstor.org/stable/23312413 Leonard J. Uttal & Duncan M. Porter 1988. The correct name for Elliott's goldenrod. Rhodora Vol. 90, No. 862 (April 1988), pp. 157-168 ]

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|Aster latissimifolius (Mill.) Kuntze

|Dasiorima elliotii Raf.

|Solidago edisoniana Mack.

|Solidago elliottii Torr. & A. Gray

|Solidago elliptica Elliott

|Solidago elliptica Aiton

|Solidago mirabilis Small

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Solidago latissimifolia, common name Elliott's goldenrod,{{PLANTS |id=SOLA4 |taxon=Solidago latissimifolia |accessdate=18 November 2015}} is North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia south to Alabama and Florida.{{BONAP|ref |genus=Solidago |species=latissimifolia}}

Solidago latissimifolia is a perennial herb up to {{convert|400|cm|ft|frac=3|abbr=on}} tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are elliptical, up to {{convert|15|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long. One plant can produce as many as 800 small yellow flower heads, in large branching arrays at the tops of the stems. The species grows in marshes (fresh water or brackish water) and thickets on the coastal plain.{{eFloras|1|250067551|Solidago latissimifolia |family=Astereae |first1=John C. |last1=Semple |first2=Rachel E. |last2=Cook}}