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Solidago ulmifolia - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Asteraceae  

Habitat

Open woods. Fire adapted

Associates

 Distribution

Nova Scotia south o GA and FL, west to MN, KS, and TX.

Morphology

Herbaceous perennial to 1.2 m, from a branched caudex, without creeping rhizomes. Stems glabrous or nearly so below the inflorescence. Leaves mainly cauline, numerous, thin, sharpy serrate, acute or acuminate, short-petiolate or subsessile; lower leaves smaller and less persistent than those above. Flowers yellow; heads crowded in paniculiform inflorescences; inflorescence branches few, divergent, recurved-secund; rays 3-5; disk flowers 4-7.

Notes

Flowers late July to November

Wetland indicator: Upland

I took these photographs several years ago and found it difficult to determine if they are of S. ulmifolia or S. rugosa based solely on the stems, leaves, and flowers. The stems do not appear very hairy and the leaves do not seem rugose (or at least not distinctly so), so S. ulmifolia seems appropriate.

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

Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.

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