Solidago simplex

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Solidago_simplex_ssp._randii_var._ontarioensis_fruit.jpg

|image_caption = Achenes with barbs

|image2 = Solidago simplex simplex1.jpg

|image2_caption = Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico

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|status_system = TNC

|genus = Solidago

|species = simplex

|authority = Kunth 1818

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-88799 The Plant List, Solidago simplex Kunth ]

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|Solidago decumbens Greene

|Solidago glutinosa Nutt.

|Solidago neomexicana (A.Gray) Wooton & Standl.

|Solidago oreophila Rydb.

|Solidago chlorolepis Fernald, syn of var. chlorolepis

|Solidago deamii Fernald, syn of var. gillmanii

|Solidago gillmanii (A.Gray) E.S.Steele, syn of var. gillmanii

|Solidago bellidifolia Greene, syn of var. nana

|Solidago hesperia Howell, syn of var. nana

|Solidago anticostensis Fernald, syn of var. racemosa

|Solidago racemosa Greene, syn of var. racemosa

|Solidago victorinii Fernald, syn of var. racemosa

|Solidago randii (Porter) Britton, syn of var. randii

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Solidago simplex, the Mt. Albert goldenrod{{PLANTS|id=SOSI3|taxon=Solidago simplex|accessdate=19 November 2015}} or sticky goldenrod, is a North American plant species in the genus Solidago of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Canada, parts of the United States, and northeastern Mexico.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/State/Solidago%20simplex.png Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map][http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=508&taxauthid=1 SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Solidago simplex Kunth, Mt. Albert goldenrod ]

Description

Solidago simplex is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, with a branching underground caudex. One plant system can produce as many as 10 stems. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 16 cm (6.6 inches) long, produced on the stem as well as at the base. One stem can sometimes produce as many as 150 small yellow flower heads, each with 7-16 ray florets surrounding 6-31 disc florets.

[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067572 Flora of North America, Solidago simplex Kunth 1818. Sticky goldenrod ]

Varieties

At least eight varieties of the species may be recognised:

References

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