Lance-leaf Goldenrod
Solidago lancifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) Chapman occurs in woods and in shaded to full sun along road embankments at higher elevations in the Appalachians in North Carolina and Tennessee. A few atypical plants of Solidago lancifolia with multinerved phyllaries grow along the border of Virginia and West Virginia. Stems are 60-160 cm tall and the phyllaries are usually multi-veined (Semple & Cook 2006 FNA). The species is a decaploid (2n=90).
Last update 9 November 2013 by J.C. Semple
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