Solidago simplex

Solidago simplex
	Achenes with barbs
	Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. simplex
Binomial name
	Solidago simplex; Kunth 1818
Synonyms
	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 family Asteraceae. 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

At least eight varieties of the species may be recognised:^[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

^ The Plant List, Solidago simplex Kunth
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solidago simplex". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map
^ ^a ^b SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Solidago simplex Kunth, Mt. Albert goldenrod
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America, Solidago simplex Kunth 1818. Sticky goldenrod

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1962

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[1] The Plant List, Solidago simplex Kunth

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solidago simplex". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

[pam-3] Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map

[erika-4] SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Solidago simplex Kunth, Mt. Albert goldenrod

[carmen-5] Flora of North America, Solidago simplex Kunth 1818. Sticky goldenrod

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