Solidago lepida var. salebrosa

(Piper) Semple

Sida 20: 1611. 2003.

Common names: Rocky Mountains Canada goldenrod
Endemic
Basionym: Solidago serotina var. salebrosa Piper in C. V. Piper and R. K. Beattie, Fl. Palouse Reg., 185. 1901
Synonyms: Solidago canadensis subsp. salebrosa (Piper) D. D. Keck Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa (Piper) M. E. Jones Solidago gigantea var. salebrosa (Piper) Friesner Solidago salebrosa Rydberg Solidago serra
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 156. Mentioned on page 151, 155.

Heads in pyramidal paniculiform arrays, proximal branches arching to recurved. 2n = 18, 36, 54.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Dry to moist sandy and gravelly soils, meadows, along streams and rivers
Elevation: 0–2900+ m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Sask., Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Variety salebrosa strongly resembles Solidago canadensis, and is found throughout most of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and adjacent Canada. It has been included in S. canadensis by many authors (e.g., A. Cronquist 1994). In extreme forms the array is broader than tall with long, arching proximal branches. Hairier plants can be similar in appearance to S. altissima; the latter is usually not glandular and is much hairier. Glabrate plants of var. salebrosa can be difficult to distinguish from hexaploid S. gigantea near and in the mountains from Alberta south to New Mexico. Glabrate plants in the mountains often treated as S. gigantea are glandular and belong in S. lepida var. salebrosa. Small-headed diploids found in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia to Colorado are usually sparsely glandular and could be confused with short-array forms of S. elongata.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
54 +, 36 +  and 18 +
glabrate +  and sparsely short-villous +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
stipitate-glandular +, glabrous or +  and sparsely moderately +
acute;attenuate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
pyramidal +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
(Piper) Semple +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Solidago serotina var. salebrosa +
compound +  and simple +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
lanceolate;narrowly elliptic +
largest +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
stipitate-glandular +
linear-lanceolate +
secund +, leafy +  and thyrsiform-paniculiform +
arching-spreading;ascending +
cone--shaped +
Rocky Mountains Canada goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
stipitate-glandular +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Sask. +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
0–2900+ m +
resinous +
strigoso-villous +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry to moist sandy and gravelly soils, meadows, along streams and rivers +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.38 cm3.8 mm <br />0.0038 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
0.9mm;1.6mm +
0.2mm;0.5mm +
stipitate-glandular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
serrate +  and entire +
stipitate-glandular +
subentire to coarsely +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +  and villoso-hirtellous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
stipitate-glandular +
deltate-lanceolate +
ovate-oblanceolate +
arching +  and recurved +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
proximally glabrous or +  and sparsely moderately canescent-villous +
1 +  and 25 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Solidago canadensis subsp. salebrosa +, Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa +, Solidago gigantea var. salebrosa +, Solidago salebrosa +  and Solidago serra +
Solidago lepida var. salebrosa +
Solidago lepida +
variety +
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 />) +