Solidago leiocarpa

de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle

in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 339. 1836.

Common names: Cutler’s alpine goldenrod verge d’or de Cutler
Endemic
Synonyms: Solidago cutleri Fernald Solidago virgaurea var. alpina Bigelow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 111. Mentioned on page 110.

Plants 5–35 cm; caudices branching, roots fibrous. Stems 1–5+, ascending to erect, hirtellous-puberulent in arrays. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline petiolate, tapering; blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 20–150 × 5–40 mm, margins ciliate, serrate crenate, apices acute to rounded, faces glabrous; distal usually 2–5, sessile, blades sometimes ± clasping, oblanceolate, 20–40 × 4–9 mm, distally reduced and becoming broadly to narrowly lanceolate, margins entire, apices acute to obtuse. Heads 2–50 (–160) in compact corymbiform arrays in smaller plants, corymbiform to paniculiform arrays in larger ones. Peduncles 5–6 mm, moderately hispidulo-strigillose; bracteoles 0–1, linear-lanceolate. Involucres broadly campanulate, 5–7.5 mm. Phyllaries unequal, outer (lengths 1/2 inner) deltate, acute, inner lanceolate, obtuse. Ray-florets 6–15; laminae 2–4 × 1–2 mm. Disc-florets 12–35; corollas 4–5.5 mm, lobes 1–2 mm. Cypselae 1–2.5 mm, strigose; pappi 3–5 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Alpine habitats
Elevation: 800–1600 m

Distribution

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Que., Maine, N.H., N.Y., Vt.

Discussion

Solidago leiocarpa is similar to and possibly conspecific with S. multiradiata. It has long been treated as S. cutleri in regional floras.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Solidago leiocarpa"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
acute;obtuse +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
round-topped +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
not persisting +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
lanceolate;oblanceolate;spatulate;oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
linear-lanceolate +
Cutler’s alpine goldenrod +  and verge d’or de Cutler +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Que. +, Maine +, N.H. +, N.Y. +  and Vt. +
800–1600 m +
resinous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Alpine habitats +
corymbiform +  and paniculiform +
indeterminate +
not stipitate-glandular +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
obtuse +  and lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
cauline +, proximal +  and basal +
tapering +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
entire +  and serrate +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
hispidulo-strigillose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
stipitate-glandular +
ovate-oblanceolate +
not 3-nerved +  and petiolate +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and erect +
hirtellous-puberulent +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Solidago cutleri +  and Solidago virgaurea var. alpina +
Solidago leiocarpa +
Solidago subsect. Multiradiatae +
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 />) +