Solidago leiocarpa - (image 1 of 7)
Taxonomy
Family: Asteraceae
Synonymous with S. cutleri Fernald
Habitat
Alpine meadows.
Associates
Distribution
ME and Quebec to NY at high elevations.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial from a branched caudex; stems 5-35 cm, hirtellous-puberulent in the inflorescence; leaves crowded near the base, the larger ones mostly oblanceolate or spatulate to elliptic, rounded to acute, toothed; inflorescence corymbiform or elongate and leafy-bracteate in larger plants; involucres 5-9 mm, glabrous or finely atomiferous-glandular; involucral bracts firm, imbricate, obtuse or somewhat acute; flowers 30-50 per head; rays 10-13; achenes hairy.
Notes
Flowers late July to September
Wetland indicator: NA
Endemic to northeastern North America. Restricted in NY to alpine summits in the Adirondacks. The specific epithet means smooth fruited although the achenes are hairy.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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