Solidago ludoviciana

(A. Gray) Small

Fl. S.E. U.S., 1199, 1339. 1903.

Common names: Louisiana goldenrod
Endemic
Basionym: Solidago boottii var. ludoviciana A. Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 195. 1882
Synonyms: Solidago arguta var. strigosa (Small) Steyermark Solidago strigosa Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 132. Mentioned on page 130.

Plants 50–90 (–150) cm; rhizomes deep-seated, main, short, or caudices and slender bracteate rhizomes. Stems 1 or in clones 2–5+, proximally glabrous or short-strigose in arrays. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline tapering to long, winged petioles (to 100 mm), blades elliptic to obovate or ovate, 80–200 (including petioles) × 25–80 mm, bases broadly to narrowly attenuate, margins serrate, apices acute or obtuse, faces glabrous or sparsely scabroso-strigose; mid to distal cauline sessile, blades linear-elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, 20–60 × 4–20 mm, much reduced distally and usually ascending to appressed, bases tapered, margins entire to sparsely shallowly serrate, ciliate, apices acute. Heads 50–140, secund on longer branches, less so on apical branches, in open paniculiform arrays, proximal branches ascending and bracteate, apical portions arching. Peduncles 1–4 mm short-strigose, bracteolate. Involucres campanulate, 4–5 (–5.8) mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, ascending, lanceolate to oblong, strongly unequal, margins finely fimbriate-ciliate distally, midnerves swollen apically, apices broadly acute to obtuse, faces glabrous. Ray-florets 4–6; laminae ± 2 × 1 mm. Disc-florets 5–7; corollas 4–5 mm, lobes 1–1.5 mm. Cypselae (greenish turning golden brown, obconic) 2–3 mm (ribs 4–7), short strigose, more so on distal 1/2; pappi 3–4 mm. 2n = 18, 36.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct).
Habitat: Dry open woods, edges of woods near roads, railroad embankments
Elevation: 0–200 m

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... more about "Solidago ludoviciana"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
broadly acute;obtuse +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
cone--shaped +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
(A. Gray) Small +
not persisting +
tapered +  and attenuate +
Solidago boottii var. ludoviciana +
compound +  and simple +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear-elliptic;elliptic-oblanceolate +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Louisiana goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ark. +, La. +  and Tex. +
0–200 m +
resinous +
glabrous +  and scabroso-strigose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry open woods, edges of woods near roads, railroad embankments +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.58 cm5.8 mm <br />0.0058 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 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 +
not stipitate-glandular +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
2 times cypsela bodies +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
short-strigose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct). +
stipitate-glandular +
lanceolate +  and oblong +
ovate-oblanceolate +
Fl. S.E. U.S., +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
deep-seated +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
decumbent +  and ascending or erect +
short-strigose +  and glabrous +
2 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Solidago arguta var. strigosa +  and Solidago strigosa +
Solidago ludoviciana +
Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Argutae +
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 />) +
90 cm900 mm <br />0.9 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +