''Solidago tarda'', commonly known as Atlantic goldenrod, is a rare North American species of
goldenrod in the family
Asteraceae
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. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain from
New Jersey
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and
Alabama
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, though nowhere very common.
Description
''Solidago tarda'' is a perennial herb up to 180 cm (6 feet) tall, with a branching underground
caudex
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or rhizomes. Leaves are elliptic or egg-shaped, up to 35 cm (14 inches) long near the base of the plant, shorter farther up the stem.
One plant can produce as many as 50 small yellow flower heads in a narrow, elongate array at the top of the plant.
Flora of North America, ''Solidago tarda'' Mackenzie ex Small, 1933.
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References
External links
Alabama Plant Atlas
tarda
Flora of the Northeastern United States
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1813
Taxa named by Kenneth Kent Mackenzie
Taxa named by John Kunkel Small
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