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Solidago randii Solidago racemosa Solidago glutinosa |
Solidago spathulata Solidago simplex var monticola Solidago simplex var racemosa |
Sticky
Goldenrod |
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Solidago randii Solidago racemosa Solidago glutinosa |
Solidago spathulata Solidago simplex var monticola Solidago simplex var racemosa |
Sticky
Goldenrod |
| State Status * | CT | MA | RI | VT | NH | ME |
| S1 | ? | P | P |
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| Ecology: | Dry rock outcrops at higher elevations in mountains (var monticola). Calcareous outcrops along rivers (var racemosa). |
| Blooming Period: | August-September |
| Typical Height Range: | 1' to 2' (3 to 6 dm) |
| [Our species are var monticola and var racemosa. Shown above, var monticola. The two varieties are distinguished by leaf characteristics and by preferred habitats.] | |
| What to look for in the field: |
 The
capitulescence
is typically long and narrow, with numerous short branchlets growing at the
top of the stem or from nodes
along the stem. Heads
are very crowded
on branches, NOT in one-sided arrays.
Robust plants may have a broader capitulescence, with numerous longer,
straight, ascending
branches. |
| Stems
are glabrous
to very sparsely short-pubescent
below, becoming short pubescent
within the capitulescence, growing straight upwards ("erect")
or outwards ("ascending") from the base of the plant. |
| Leaves
are basally-disposed.
Basal leaves
are often present during flowering. They are glabrous, resinous,
shallowly toothed, obovate
or broadly oblanceolate, tapering to long,
winged petioles,
either with pointed or blunt tips. Stem leaves are glabrous and
resinous, progressively reduced in size upwards, and becoming more lanceolate,
with shorter petioles or lacking petioles. |
| Involucres
are resinous. |
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| * State status data obtained from the NatureServe website and from published state natural heritage data. Click link for a list of state status codes. |
01/01/2010
