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Hairy goldenrod

Solidago hispida

Also called Pale Goldenrod, Shaggy Goldenrod, Upland Goldenrod

Hairy goldenrod
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 us
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Canada to U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Solidago hispida, the hairy goldenrod, is North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its native range extends from Newfoundland west to Saskatchewan, and south as far as Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Georgia.

Solidago hispida is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (39 in) tall, with a branching underground caudex. Leaves are egg-shaped (ovate) or elliptical, up to 20 cm (8 in) long. One plant can produce more than 250 small yellow flower heads in branching arrays at the tops of the stems.

Other Solidago plants

Whitehair goldenrod · High plains goldenrod · Canada goldenrod · Sand goldenrod · Argentine Goldenrod · Atlantic goldenrod · Eared goldenrod · Azorean Goldenrod · White goldenrod · Dixie goldenrod · Buckley's goldenrod · Wreath goldenrod

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Solidago hispida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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