Solidago leavenworthii

Solidago leavenworthii, Leavenworth's goldenrod,[2] is North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the sunflower family. It is native to southeastern United States from Florida north to Mississippi and the Carolinas.[3][4][5][6][7]

Solidago leavenworthii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Solidago leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
Aster leavenworthii (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze

Solidago leavenworthii is a perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches or 6 2/3 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are crowded together, with as many as 75 leaves on one stem, though none gathered around the base of the stem as in some related species. One plant can produce as many as 350 small yellow flower heads in a tall, branching array at the top of the plant.[8]

References

1. The Plant List, Solidago leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
2. "Solidago leavenworthii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. University of Waterloo (Canada), Astereae Lab, Solidago leavenworthii Leavenworth's Goldenrod
5. Alabama Plant Atlas
6. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
7. South Carolling Plant Atlas
8. Flora of North America, Solidago leavenworthii Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Leavenworth’s goldenrod

See also

Edison and Ford Winter Estates#Rubber Laboratory