Difference between revisions of "Solidago simplex"

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* Synonyms and misapplications: ''S. bellidifolia, S. spathulata, S. glutinosa''
 
* Synonyms and misapplications: ''S. bellidifolia, S. spathulata, S. glutinosa''
 
* Codon: SOLSIM
 
* Codon: SOLSIM
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==Taxonomy==
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===Taxonomy===
 
{{Taxobox
 
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Solidago simplex''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| subregnum = Viridiplantae
 
| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=505288#null</ref>
 
<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=505288#null</ref>
  
==Description==
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===Description===
 
Glabrous perennial herb. Inflorescences spiciform to subracemiform, heads often with long peduncles, phyllaries imbricate, ray flowers often 8, disk flowers often 13. Basal leaves narrowly spatulate to nearly orbiculate, cauline leaves reduced upwards and not very many. <ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
 
Glabrous perennial herb. Inflorescences spiciform to subracemiform, heads often with long peduncles, phyllaries imbricate, ray flowers often 8, disk flowers often 13. Basal leaves narrowly spatulate to nearly orbiculate, cauline leaves reduced upwards and not very many. <ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
 
B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
 
B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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leaves are almost entirely basal and wider, and plant is generally shorter.
 
leaves are almost entirely basal and wider, and plant is generally shorter.
  
==Bloom Period==
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===Bloom Period===
 
June- September
 
June- September
  
==Distribution==
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===Distribution===
 
Cascades from northern Washington to Central Oregon, Puget Trough, Rocky Mountains south to Arizona, and New Mexico, Great Lakes.<ref name=":0" />
 
Cascades from northern Washington to Central Oregon, Puget Trough, Rocky Mountains south to Arizona, and New Mexico, Great Lakes.<ref name=":0" />
  
==Habitat==
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===Habitat===
 
Grasslands, prairies, open forest, shorelines, lowland to alpine.
 
Grasslands, prairies, open forest, shorelines, lowland to alpine.
  
==Uses==
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===Uses===
  
 
==== First Nations ====
 
==== First Nations ====
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west''. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co.</ref>
 
west''. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co.</ref>
  
==Photo Gallery==
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===Photo Gallery===
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
 
File:SOLSIM2.jpg| CNLM
 
File:SOLSIM2.jpg| CNLM
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Latest revision as of 23:59, 20 March 2021

  • Scientific Name: Solidago simplex
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Common Name: sticky goldenrod, Mt. Albert goldenrod
  • Synonyms and misapplications: S. bellidifolia, S. spathulata, S. glutinosa
  • Codon: SOLSIM

Rod Gilbert 2008, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago L.
Species: Solidago simplex Kunth

[1]

Description

Glabrous perennial herb. Inflorescences spiciform to subracemiform, heads often with long peduncles, phyllaries imbricate, ray flowers often 8, disk flowers often 13. Basal leaves narrowly spatulate to nearly orbiculate, cauline leaves reduced upwards and not very many. [2][3]

Compared to Solidago missourensis and S. canadensis,the leaves are almost entirely basal and wider, and plant is generally shorter.

Bloom Period

June- September

Distribution

Cascades from northern Washington to Central Oregon, Puget Trough, Rocky Mountains south to Arizona, and New Mexico, Great Lakes.[2]

Habitat

Grasslands, prairies, open forest, shorelines, lowland to alpine.

Uses

First Nations

Reference to Nlaka'pamux people using the decoction of S. simplex as a tonic to restore appetite, and a poultice of the powdered leaves as a compress for mumps.[4]

Ecology and Wildlife

Solidago species provide important nectar and pollen sources for bees in late summer.

Gregory L. Tilford writes that the species within the Solidago genus may be used more or less interchangeably. He writes the greens can be eaten a cooked potherb, with variable palatibility, and the flowers make a nice sweetened tea. Dried leaves and flowers may be used as a styptic agent, and an infusion to reduce mucus production in the bronchi during a cold or flu. The tea is diuretic and regarded by him as a kidney tonic.[5]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=505288#null
  2. 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Solidago%20simplex
  4. Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=solidago+simplex
  5. Tilford, G. L. (1999). Edible and medicinal plants of the west. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co.