Solidago simplex

Solidago simplex
achenes with barbs
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. simplex
Binomial name
Solidago simplex Kunth 1818
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy 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

Solidago simplex, the Mt. Albert goldenrod^[2] or sticky goldenrod, is a North American plant species in the genus Solidago of the sunflower family. It is widespread across much of Canada, parts of the United States, and northeastern Mexico.^[3][4]

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. ^[5]

Varieties^[3][4][5]

• Solidago simplex var. chlorolepis (Fernald) G. S. Ringius - Mt. Albert, Gaspé Peninsula, Québec
• Solidago simplex var. gillmanii (A.Gray) G.S.Ringius - shores of Lake Michigan + Lake Huron
• Solidago simplex var. monticola (Porter) G.S.Ringius - mountains in Québec, New York State, New England
• Solidago simplex var. nana (A.Gray) G.S.Ringius - Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington, Vancouver Island in British Columbia
• Solidago simplex var. ontarioensis (G.S.Ringius) G.S.Ringius - shores on Canadian side of Lake Huron
• Solidago simplex var. racemosa (Greene) G.S.Ringius - from Québec and New Brunswick south as far as West Virginia
• Solidago simplex var. randii (Porter) Kartesz & Gandhi - from Québec and New Brunswick west as far as Minnesota
• Solidago simplex var. simplex - from Alaska east to Northwest Territories + Quebec, south as far as Arizona, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí

References

1. The Plant List, Solidago simplex Kunth
2. "Solidago simplex". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
4. SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Solidago simplex Kunth, Mt. Albert goldenrod
5. Flora of North America, Solidago simplex Kunth 1818. Sticky goldenrod

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1962