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Solidago tarda

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Species of flowering plant

Solidago tarda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago
Species: S. tarda
Binomial name
Solidago tarda
Mack. ex Small 1933

Solidago tarda, commonly known as Atlantic goldenrod, is a rare North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey and Alabama, though nowhere very common.

Description

Solidago tarda is a perennial herb up to 180 cm (6 feet) tall, with a branching underground caudex or rhizomes. Leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, up to 35 cm (14 inches) long near the base of the plant, shorter farther up the stem.

One plant can produce as many as 50 small yellow flower heads in a narrow, elongate array at the top of the plant.

References

  1. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. Flora of North America, Solidago tarda Mackenzie ex Small, 1933.

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Taxon identifiers
Solidago tarda


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