Solidago ulmifolia

Muhlenberg ex Willdenow

Sp. Pl. 3: 2060. 1803.

Common names: Elm-leaf goldenrod
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster ulmifolius (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 144. Mentioned on page 132, 145.

Plants 40–120 cm; caudices branching, woody. Stems usually 1, erect, glabrous, sparsely hairy in arrays. Leaves: basal when present similar to proximal cauline; proximal cauline often withering by flowering, tapering (sometimes rather abruptly) to short, winged petioles, blades ovatelanceolate, 60–100 (–150) × 30–40 (–50) mm, thin, margins coarsely serrate, apices acute, abaxial faces hirsute on main nerves, adaxial sparsely hirsute to somewhat scabrous; mid to distal cauline subsessile to sessile, blades lanceolate, 20–50 × 5–20 mm, gradually reduced distally, margins entire. Heads 20–150, secund, in open paniculiform arrays, proximal branches elongate and widely divergent, sometimes pyramidal-secund with proximal branches short and recurved-secund. Peduncles 1.7–2 mm, sparsely to moderately short-hispido-strigose, bracteoles 2–7, ovate, grading into phyllaries. Involucres 3–4 mm. Phyllaries (16–18) in 2–3 series, unequal; outer ovate, acute, inner linear-lanceolate, obtuse to acute. Ray-florets 3–6; laminae 1–2 × 0.5–1 mm. Disc-florets 4–7; corollas 2.7–3 mm, lobes 0.5–1.1 mm. Cypselae 1–1.6 mm, finely hairy; pappi ± 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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N.S., Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Nebr., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Solidago helleri is possibly a hybrid of S. ulmifolia with S. delicatula.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stems glabrous or nearly so proximal to arrays; throughout range Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
1 Stems distinctly spreading-hirsute; Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

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... more about "Solidago ulmifolia"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
distinct +
60mm;100mm +
acute;ovatelanceolate;tapering +
subequal +
scarious +
thin +, 30mm +  and 40mm +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
cone--shaped +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Muhlenberg ex Willdenow +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Solidago (sect. Undefined) ser. Venosae +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
lanceolate;acute;ovatelanceolate;tapering +
reduced +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
proximalmost +
elongate +
subsessile +  and sessile +
Elm-leaf goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
N.S. +, Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
resinous +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
acute;ovatelanceolate;tapering +
thin;30mm;40mm +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
obtuse +  and acute +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5mm;1mm +
scented +  and not anise +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
acute;ovatelanceolate;tapering +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
entire +  and serrate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
acute +, ovatelanceolate +  and tapering +
thin +, 30mm +  and 40mm +
scented +  and not anise +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
short-hispido-strigose +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
not persisting +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
acute +, ovatelanceolate +  and tapering +
stipitate-glandular +
ovate-oblanceolate +
recurved-secund +  and pyramidal-secund +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
hairy +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster ulmifolius +
Solidago ulmifolia +
Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Venosae +
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 />) +