Solidago caesia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Solidago |
Species: | S. caesia
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Binomial name | |
Solidago caesia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Solidago caesia, commonly named blue-stemmed goldenrod, wreath goldenrod, [2] or woodland goldenrod, [3] is a flowering plant native to North America.
Key identification features include a dark, wiry, blue or purple stem, and flower heads in the leaf axils instead of in a large array at the top of the plant. [3] Prefers medium to part shade, and can often be found in wooded areas. [4]
It grows in the central and eastern parts of the continent from Manitoba east to New Brunswick, south as far as Florida and eastern Texas. [5] [6]
This species is host to the fillowing insect induced galls:
Solidago caesia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Solidago |
Species: | S. caesia
|
Binomial name | |
Solidago caesia | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Solidago caesia, commonly named blue-stemmed goldenrod, wreath goldenrod, [2] or woodland goldenrod, [3] is a flowering plant native to North America.
Key identification features include a dark, wiry, blue or purple stem, and flower heads in the leaf axils instead of in a large array at the top of the plant. [3] Prefers medium to part shade, and can often be found in wooded areas. [4]
It grows in the central and eastern parts of the continent from Manitoba east to New Brunswick, south as far as Florida and eastern Texas. [5] [6]
This species is host to the fillowing insect induced galls: