Solidago missouriensis

Solidago missoursiensis
	Photo by Richard Old, also featured on Main Page
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Subkingdom:	Tracheobionta;
Phylum:	Spermatophyta;
Subphylum:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Subclass:	Asteranae;
Order:	Asterales;
Family:	Asteraceae;
Genus:	Solidago L.;
Species:	Solidago missouriensis Nutt;

Scientific Name: Solidago missouriensis
Family: Asteraceae
Common Name: Missouri goldenrod
Codon: SOLMIS

Taxnomy

Description

Glabrous perennial from a creeping rhizome, 2-9 dm. tall.

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 arranged in long narrow panicles. Involucre 3-5 mm. high, pseudanthium made up of 7-13 ray florets and 8-13 disk florets, yellow.^[1]^[2]

Bloom Period

Late June-October^[1]

Distribution

East Cascades, and rarely on prairies on west Cascades, central BC to Oregon, east to Rocky Mountains, Great Plains, and Midwest.^[3]

Habitat

Rather dry, open places, from the valleys and plains to fairly high elevations in the mountains.^[3]

Propagation

Plants established by seedlings can be started by sowing seed in containers in January and placed in a greenhouse. Seed should be covered lightly with soil and kept moist until germination. A layer of pea gravel can be applied to the soil surface to prevent seeds from floating. Seeds planted in this manner will begin germination about Day 7 and complete germination by Day 14. ^[4]

Photo Gallery

photo by Ron Bockelman
photo by Ron Bockelman
Photo by Richard Old
Photo CNLM
Photo CNLM
Solidago seedling, courtesy CNLM

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Solidago%20missouriensis
↑ Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
↑ Skinner, D. 2004. Propagation protocol for production of container Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Plants; USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman, WA.

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Solidago%20missouriensis

[2] Bowcutt, F., & Hamman, Sarah. (2016). Vascular plants of the South Sound prairies (First ed.). Olympia, Washington: The Evergreen State College Press.

[:1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

[4] Skinner, D. 2004. Propagation protocol for production of container Solidago missouriensis Nutt. Plants; USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Pullman, WA.

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