Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora

(de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple

Phytologia 58: 430. 1985.

Endemic
Basionym: Solidago decemflora de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 332. 1836
Synonyms: Doria pulcherrima (A. Nelson) Lunell S. canadensis var. canescens A. Gray S. longipetiolata Mackenzie & Bush S. nemoralis subsp. longipetiolata (Mackenzie & Bush) G. W. Douglas S. nemoralis var. decemflora (de Candolle) Fernald S. nemoralis var. longipetiolata (Mackenzie & Bush) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark S. pulcherrima
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 160. Mentioned on page 159.

Basal leaves often linear-oblanceolate, usually not crenate. Involucres usually 4.6–5.8 mm. Disc corolla lobes (0.6–) 0.8–1.5 mm. Cypselae moderately strigose; pappi usually exceeding ray corolla-tubes and bases of disc corolla lobes. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Open, sandy and gravelly soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and grasslands, drier open mixed deciduous and conifers woods
Elevation: 200–1600 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., Ark., Colo., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies decemflora is the tetraploid prairie and lower elevation cordilleran race of the species. Combinations based on Solidago longipetiolata have been applied to this race; the name does not have nomenclatural priority.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
pyramidal +  and wand-like +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
(de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple +
crenate;linear-oblanceolate +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Solidago decemflora +
compound +  and simple +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
linear-oblanceolate;spatulate-ovate;oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
elongate +
short-branched +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
ampliate +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +  and Wyo. +
200–1600 m +
resinous +
puberulent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open, sandy and gravelly soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and grasslands, drier open mixed deciduous and conifers woods +
indeterminate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br /> (0.58 cm5.8 mm <br />0.0058 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2.8mm;5.5mm +
0.3mm;0.7mm +
cauline +, mid +, proximal +  and basal +
strigoso-canescent +
tapering +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
crenate +  and entire +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
not stipitate-glandular +
ovate +  and linear-lanceolate +
ovate-oblanceolate +
petiolate +  and subpetiolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
6 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
short-canescent +
1 +  and 6 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Doria pulcherrima +, S. canadensis var. canescens +, S. longipetiolata +, S. nemoralis subsp. longipetiolata +, S. nemoralis var. decemflora +, S. nemoralis var. longipetiolata +  and S. pulcherrima +
Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora +
Solidago nemoralis +
subspecies +
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 />) +