Solidago flexicaulis

Zig-zag or Broadleaved goldenrod , verge d’or à tige zigzaguante

Solidago flexicaulis L. is a colony forming woodland goldenrod native central eastern North America.  The upper stem is distinctive bent at the nodes (Semple & Cook 2006 FNA).  Cook & Semple (2008) discussed the cytogeography of the species that includes diploid 2n=18 and tetraploid 2n=36 plants that tend to be allopatrically distributed.

Solidago flexicaulis range Cook & Semple draft

Cook, R.E. and J.C. Semple. 2008. The cytogeography of Solidago subsect. Glomeruliflorae (Asteraceae: Astereae). Botany 86: 1488-1496.

Last update 9 November 2013 by J.C. Semple     

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