Solidago subsect. Multiradiatae

Semple

Sida 21: 760. 2004.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 110. Mentioned on page 108.

Leaves: basal sometimes present in rosettes at flowering; proximalmost cauline petiolate, sometimes present at flowering, sometimes largest, not 3-nerved. Heads in round-topped corymbiform arrays, not stipitate-glandular. Phyllaries not striate. Pappus bristles in 2 series (inner moderately to strongly clavate).

Discussion

Species 3 (3 in the flora).

Solidago series Multiradiatae Juzepczuk is an invalid name.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Basal leaves sharply serrate, acuminate; North Carolina, Tennessee (1600–2000 m) Solidago spithamaea
1 Basal leaves not sharply serrate, acute; across Canada, Alaska, and s to California and New Mexico in Western Cordillera (arctic and alpine habitats) > 2
2 Phyllaries subequal, acute to acuminate, arctic and alpine in west, across Canada Solidago multiradiata
2 Phyllaries unequal, obtuse to rounded; mountains, Quebec and Maine to New York Solidago leiocarpa
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
round-topped +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Semple +
not persisting +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
rugulose +  and muricate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
North America +
resinous +
stipitate-glandular +, puberulent +, pilose +, glabrous +, glabrous or +  and sparsely densely scabrous strigillose or villous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
not stipitate-glandular +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
not persisting +
stipitate-glandular +
ovate-oblanceolate +
not 3-nerved +  and petiolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
decumbent +  and ascending or erect +
short-villous +, hispid +, strigillose +, strigose +  and glabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Actipsis +, Aster subg. Solidago +, Leioligo +  and Oligoneuron +
Solidago subsect. Multiradiatae +
Solidago sect. Solidago +
subsection +
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 />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +