''Solidago latissimifolia'', common name Elliott's goldenrod, is North American species of
flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae. It is native to the
Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from
Nova Scotia south to
Alabama and
Florida.
''Solidago latissimifolia'' is a perennial herb up to 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 ...
. Leaves are
elliptical
Elliptical may mean:
* having the shape of an ellipse, or more broadly, any oval shape
** in botany, having an elliptic leaf shape
** of aircraft wings, having an elliptical planform
* characterised by ellipsis (the omission of words), or by conc ...
, up to long. One plant can produce as many as 800 small yellow flower heads, in large branching arrays at the tops of the stems. The species grows in marshes (fresh water or brackish water) and thickets on the coastal plain.
Conservation status in the United States
It is listed as endangered in
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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, and as a species of special concern in
Rhode Island. It is a special concern and believed
extirpated in
Connecticut.
"Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015"
State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2 January 2017.(Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall:
* '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862)
* ''Calycomyza solidaginis
''Calycomyza solidaginis'' is a species of leaf miner fly
The Agromyzidae are a family commonly referred to as the leaf-miner flies, for the feeding habits of their larvae, most of which are leaf miners on various plants.
A worldwide family o ...
'' Kaltenbach, 1869[external link to gallformers]
References
External links
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latissimifolia
Flora of Nova Scotia
Flora of the Eastern United States
Plants described in 1768
Taxa named by Philip Miller
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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