Solidago nana

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 327. 1841.

Common names: Baby or dwarf goldenrod
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster nanus (Nuttall) Kuntze Solidago nivea Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 161. Mentioned on page 159.

Plants 10-50 cm; rhizomes stout or caudices branching. Stems 1–6, decumbent to ascending, finely and densely puberulent. Leaves: basal present at flowering; basal and proximal petiolate, blades oblanceolate to narrowly obovate or spatulate, 20–100 × 5–20 mm, basal much smaller than proximal, margins serrate or entire, somewhat 3-nerved, apices obtuse to acute, cuspidate, faces moderately to densely finely puberulent; mid and distal cauline sessile, blades oblanceolate to elliptic to base, 1 prominent nerve, 10–30 × 4–12 mm, greatly reduced distally, attenuate, margins entire or distally serrate, apices acute, faces densely finely puberulent. Heads 30–100, in broadly corymbiform (modified paniculiform) arrays, sometimes somewhat secund. Peduncles 2–7 mm, moderately puberulent; bracteoles 0–2, elliptic, minute. Involucres campanulate, 4–6 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, oblong, strongly unequal, margins ciliate, apices blunt, glabrous. Ray-florets (5–) 6–10 (fewer than number of disc-florets); laminae ca. 3 × 1.3–1.6 mm. Disc-florets 8–20; corollas 4–4.5 mm, lobes 0.8–1.1 mm. Cypselae (narrowly obconic) 2–2.8 mm, sparsely strigose; pappi 3.5–4 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Dry to wet soils, often alkaline meadows and flats, open wooded slopes
Elevation: 1700–2700 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Solidago nana"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
blunt;acute;obtuse;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
cone--shaped +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Nuttall +
much smaller +
not persisting +
decurrent +
Nemorales +
compound +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
attenuate;oblanceolate;elliptic +
reduced +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
Baby or dwarf goldenrod +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +  and Utah. +
1700–2700 m +
resinous +
puberulent +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry to wet soils, often alkaline meadows and flats, open wooded slopes +
indeterminate +
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 +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1.3mm;1.6mm +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +, mid +, proximal +  and basal +
strigoso-canescent +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
serrate +  and entire +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Sep. +
not stipitate-glandular +
ovate-oblanceolate +
petiolate +  and subpetiolate +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
decumbent +  and ascending +
puberulent +
1 +  and 6 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster nanus +  and Solidago nivea +
Solidago nana +
Solidago subsect. Nemorales +
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 />) +