Mt. Albert Goldenrod, verge d’or simple à bractées vertes
Solidago chlorolepis Fern. is found only on Mt. Albert and adjacent peaks of the Gaspé Penisula, Québec. It is the only eastern species that is consistently short (4-22 cm tall) with small involucres (x=4.5 mm; 4-5.6 mm range). The species was treated as Solidago simplex var. chlorolepis (Fern.) Ringius in Semple & Cook (2006 FNA) and was included in ssp. simplex. Semple & Peirson (2013) supported recognition of the taxon at species level. It is diploid (2n=18).
Semple et al. (2019) presented a multivariate analysis of all 13 species of S. subsect. Humiles. In the analysis of the 6 species native to the midwest and northeastern US and adjacent Canada, all specimens of the S. chlorolepis a priori group were placed a posteriori into S. chlorolepis.
Semple, J.C. , and J.A. Peirson. 2013. A revised nomenclature for the Solidago simplex complex (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 2013-41. 1-5.
Semple, J.C., K. Kornobis, A. Mazzorato, G.S. Ringius, and J.A. Peirson. 2019. A multivariate morphometric analysis of Solidagosubsect. Humiles (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytoneuron 2019-25: 1–61.
Last update 26 April 2019 by J.C. Semple
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