Solidago leiocarpa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago leiocarpa BB-1913.png

|image_caption = 1913 illustration [http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=socu2_001_avd.tif illustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 385.]

|genus = Solidago

|species = leiocarpa

|authority = DC.

|synonyms =

• Solidago cutleri Fernald
• Solidago virgaurea var. alpina Bigelow

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/gcc-112586 The Plant List Solidago leiocarpa]

}}

Solidago leiocarpa, common name Cutler's alpine goldenrod, is a plant species native to mountainous portions of Québec, northern New England, and northern New York State.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Solidago%20leiocarpa.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map] It is generally found at elevations over 800 m (2400 feet).[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067553 Flora of North America, Solidago leiocarpa, vol 20 p 111.]

Solidago leiocarpa is closely related to the more widespread S. multiradiata, distinguished by the shape of the phyllaries surrounding the flower heads. Solidago leiocarpais a perennial herb up to 35 cm (14 inches) tall. One plant can have as many as 160 small yellow flower heads in a flat-topped or conical array.