Solidago missouriensis
From Puget Prairie Plants
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom - Plantae – Plants
- Subkingdom - Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta – Seed plants
- Division - Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
- Class - Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
- Subclass - Asteridae
- Order - Asterales
- Family - Asteraceae – Aster family
- Genus - Solidago L. – goldenrod
- Species - Solidago missouriensis Nutt. – Missouri goldenrod
Description
General: Glabrous perennial from a creeping rhizome, 2-9 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves tending to be triple-nerved, the basal ones oblanceolate, up to 30 cm. long and 3 cm. wide, the others smaller and becoming sessile upward.
Flowers: Involucre 3-5 mm. high; rays usually 8, yellow.