| "Solidago" is from the Latin "solidus" meaning "whole" or "solid", referring to the plant's supposed ability to heal. Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Goldenrod" is a common name applied to all Solidagos. |
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| "Solidago" is from the Latin "solidus" meaning "whole" or "solid", referring to the plant's supposed ability to heal. Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Goldenrod" is a common name applied to all Solidagos. |
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Solidago nana (Dwarf Goldenrod) Foothills.
Openings, woodlands. Summer. Solidago nana is similar to S. glutinosa but leaves on S. nana are finely and densely short-hairy; leaves of S. glutinosa are glabrous (smooth and without hairs). S. nana has 6-10 ray florets; S. glutinosa has 5-16 ray florets. S. nana is found at the lower elevations to about 8,500 feet; S. glutinosa ranges from the foothills to the alpine. Thomas Nuttall discovered this plant in the "Rocky Mountain range, near Lewis' River of the Shoshonee" in 1834 and he described it in 1841. Minute flowers top stiff, reddish, hairy stems. Masses of hairy basal leaves can cover several square feet and be quite common. Flowering stems branch in one direction from the main stem, i.e., they are secund. Phyllaries (best seen in the upper right corner) are in overlapping rows. |
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Solidago nana (Dwarf Goldenrod) Foothills.
Openings, woodlands. Summer. |
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Range map for Solidago nana |
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