Solidago lancifolia

(Torrey & A. Gray) Chapman

Fl. South. U.S., 209. 1860.

Common names: Lance-leaf goldenrod
Endemic
Basionym: Solidago ambigua var. lancifolia Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 200. 1842
Synonyms: Aster lancifolius (Torrey & A. Gray) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 128. Mentioned on page 110, 125.

Plants 60–160 cm; caudices woody. Stems 1–5+, erect, straight, moderately hairy in arrays. Leaves: basal withering by flowering; proximal cauline subpetiolate or sessile, tapering to broadly winged petiolelike bases, blades lanceolate, 110–180 × 2–35 mm, margins serrate (with 7–15 teeth), apices acuminate, abaxial faces sparsely hairy along nerves, adaxial glabrous or sparsely hairy; distal cauline sessile, blades narrowly elliptic, 60–110 × 11–15 mm, margins entire to slightly serrate (teeth 0–6), apices acuminate-cuspidate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy. Heads 80–400 (usually 4–10 per branch) in short axillary and terminal racemiform/paniculiform arrays 11–43 cm. Peduncles 1–5 mm, moderately strigose; bracteoles linear, 0–2. Involucres campanulate 6.4–8.5 (–9) mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, unequal, 3–10-nerved, acute to obtuse; outermost linear-lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 1.7–2.4 mm, innermost linear-oblong, 4–6 mm. Ray-florets 5–8; laminae 2.3–4.5 × 1–1.5 mm. Disc-florets (5–) 6.2–8.1 (–12); corollas (2.8–) 3–3.3 (–3.9) mm, lobes (1.3–) 1.5–1.8 (–2.1) mm. Cypselae (narrowly obconic) 1–1.7 (–2) mm, moderately to densely strigillose; pappi (3.4–) 4–5 mm. 2n = 90.


Phenology: Flowering late Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Woods, shaded to full sun along road embankments, at higher elevations
Elevation: 1100–1500+ m

Discussion

A few atypical plants of Solidago lancifolia with multinerved phyllaries grow along the border of Virginia and West Virginia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Solidago lancifolia"
hairy +  and glabrous +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acuminate-cuspidate +
distinct +
acuminate +
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 +
(Torrey & A. Gray) Chapman +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Solidago ambigua var. lancifolia +
compound +  and simple +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (11 cm110 mm <br />0.11 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Lance-leaf goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (0.39 cm3.9 mm <br />0.0039 m <br />) +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.C. +  and Tenn. +
1100–1500+ m +
resinous +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Woods, shaded to full sun along road embankments, at higher elevations +
indeterminate +
not nodding +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.64 cm6.4 mm <br />0.0064 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2.3mm;4.5mm +
1mm;1.5mm +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
entire +  and slightly serrate +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
linear-lanceolate +  and narrowly ovate +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
0.34 cm3.4 mm <br />0.0034 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
persistent +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering late Aug–Sep. +
not stipitate-glandular +
acute +  and obtuse +
ovate-oblanceolate +
sessile +  and subpetiolate +
tapering +  and broadly winged petiolelike +
Fl. South. U.S., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
straight +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster lancifolius +
Solidago lancifolia +
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 />) +