''Solidago elongata'', commonly called West Coast Canada goldenrod or Cascade Canada goldenrod, is a North American species of
flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to western Canada, western United States, and northwestern Mexico, primarily in
British Columbia,
Washington,
Oregon,
California, and
Baja California, with a few populations in
Nevada and
Idaho. It grows in the
Coast Ranges
The Pacific Coast Ranges (officially gazetted as the Pacific Mountain System in the United States) are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along the West Coast of North America from Alaska south to Northern and Central Mexico. Although the ...
, the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
, the
Cascades, and other mountain ranges in the region.
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''Solidago elongata'' is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground ]rhizomes
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
. One plant can produce 500 or more small yellow flower heads in a large branching (sometimes drooping) array at the top of the plant.[Flora of North America, ''Solidago elongata'' Nuttall. West Coast or Cascade Canada Goldenrod]
/ref>University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, ''Solidago elongata'', West Coast or Cascade Canada Goldenrod
/ref>
References
elongata
Flora of North America
Plants described in 1840
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