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<i>Solidago tarda</i>

Solidago tarda

Species of flowering plant

Solidago tarda, commonly known as Atlantic goldenrod, is a rare North American species of goldenrod in the family Asteraceae. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain from New Jersey and Alabama, though nowhere very common.[1]

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Description

Solidago tarda is a perennial herb up to 180 cm (6 feet) tall, with a branching underground caudex or rhizomes. Leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, up to 35 cm (14 inches) long near the base of the plant, shorter farther up the stem.

One plant can produce as many as 50 small yellow flower heads in a narrow, elongate array at the top of the plant.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  2. [2]
    Flora of North America, Solidago tarda Mackenzie ex Small, 1933.


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