''Solidago altiplanities,'' the high plains goldenrod, is a plant species native to the high-altitude plains of

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

and the Texas Panhandle, often found on ridges and escarpments.Flora of North America, ''Solidago altiplanities'' C. E. S. Taylor & R. J. Taylor, 1983. High-plains goldenrod
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/ref> ''Solidago altiplanities'' is an herb up to 1 m (39 inches) tall, spreading by 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 as many as 350 small yellow flower heads in a broad, conical array.

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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Oklahoma in 1981, isotype of ''Solidago altiplanities''
altiplanities Flora of Texas Plants described in 1983 Flora of Oklahoma Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Solidago-stub