Family: Asteraceae
dyer's-weed goldenrod, gray goldenrod, old-field goldenrod
Theodore S. Cochrane
Merel R. Black
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)
Etymology: Solidago: from Latin solido, meaning "to make whole or heal" and a reference to the supposed, medicinal qualities of these plants
Plants: perennial forb
Plants: perennial forb
On dry sandy or clayey soil in fields, dry prairies, barrens, railroad embankments, open oak and jack pine woodlands, sand dunes, and limestone alvars. Most Wisconsin specimens represent the diploid subspecies nemoralis, common throughout the state. Distinguishing features of this subspecies include involucres less than 4.5 mm high, achenes short strigose, lower cauline leaves less than 7 times as long as wide, and basal leaves crenate. The tetraploid subspecies decemflora (DC) Brammal ex Semple, with involucres more than 4.5 mm, achenes long sericeous, lower cauline leaves more than 7 times as long as wide, and basal leaves entire, occurs mostly south of the Tension Zone. These two well-defined varieties are sometimes treated as distinct species.
Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos
Merel R. Black
Theodore S. Cochrane
Robert W. Freckmann
Merel R. Black
Robert W. Freckmann
Paul Drobot
Paul Drobot
Christopher Noll
Merel R. Black
Derek Anderson
