Solidago albopilosa

E. L. Braun

Rhodora 44: 2. 1942.

Common names: White-haired goldenrod
EndemicConservation concern
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 128. Mentioned on page 125, 129.

Plants 28–60 cm; caudices woody. Stems 1–3+, erect, flexuous in proximal arrays, moderately to densely villous. Leaves: basal withering by flowering; basal and proximal cauline abruptly tapering to winged, villous petioles (petioles ± 1/2 or less total leaf length), blades broadly ovate to spatulate, 46–80 (–90) × 23–47 (–55) mm, margins serrate [teeth 6–12 (–15)], abaxial faces moderately villous, more so along nerves, adaxial sparsely to moderately villoso-strigose; distal cauline petiolate, similar to proximal or more elliptic, 27–45 × 13–20 mm, margins entire to slightly serrate. Heads 10–30, in short axillary and terminal racemiform/paniculiform clusters. Peduncles 3–5 mm, sparsely strigose; bracteoles 1–3 scattered, ovate. Involucres campanulate, 4.3–6.5 (–7) mm. Phyllaries in ca. 3 series, unequal, outer ovate, 1–1.5 mm, obtuse to acute, inner oblong, 1-nerved. Ray-florets 3–5; laminae 2.4–4 × 1–1.5 mm. Disc-florets 5–8; corollas 2.2–2.5 mm, lobes ca. 1–2 mm. Cypselae (obconic) 1–2 mm, moderately hairy; pappi 2.3–2.8 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Sep.
Habitat: Sandstone "rockhouses" (semicircular recesses which extend back under cliff overhangs, typically shaded and damp)
Elevation: ± 400 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Solidago albopilosa is found along the Red River Gorge in Menifee, Powell, and Wolfe counties. It is most similar to S. flexicaulis; it appears weaker and smaller than plants of S. flexicaulis that grow nearby, outside of the rockhouses. Its biology and origins have been discussed in detail (J. R. Beaudry 1959; M. L. Andreasen and W. H. Eshbaugh 1973). Solidago albopilosa is listed as threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Federal Register 1988).

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Solidago albopilosa"
villoso-strigose +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
secund +, corymbo-paniculiform +, paniculiform +  and racemiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
E. L. Braun +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Solidago sect. Glomeruliflorae +
compound +  and simple +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
4.7 cm47 mm <br />0.047 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
4.6 cm46 mm <br />0.046 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
broadly ovate;spatulate +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (4.7 cm47 mm <br />0.047 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
White-haired goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
± 400 m +
resinous +
stipitate-glandular +, puberulent +, pilose +, glabrous +, glabrous or +  and sparsely densely scabrous strigillose or villous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Sandstone "rockhouses" (semicircular recesses which extend back under cliff overhangs, typically shaded and damp) +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +
not nodding +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.43 cm4.3 mm <br />0.0043 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2.4mm;4mm +
1mm;1.5mm +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
tapering +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
entire +  and slightly serrate +
2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
13mm +  and 20mm +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Sep. +
not stipitate-glandular +
ovate-oblanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
andreasen1973a +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
flexuous +
1 +  and 3 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Leioligo subg. Breviligula +, Solidago (sect. Undefined) ser. Glomeruliflorae +, Solidago subg. Pleiactila +, Axillares +, Flexicaules +  and Macrophyllae +
Solidago albopilosa +
Solidago subsect. Glomeruliflorae +
species +
not persisting +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +