Solidago curtisii, commonly called Curtis' goldenrod[2] and mountain decumbent goldenrod,[3] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is the eastern part of the United States from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and Alabama, primarily in the southern Appalachian Mountains.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Solidago |
| Species: | S. curtisii
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Solidago curtisii is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a thick, woody underground caudex. Stem is narrow, wiry, and dark purple. One plant can produce up to 800 small yellow flower heads in small clumps in the axils of the leaves.[2][5]
Galls
editThis species is host to the fillowing insect induced gall:
- Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
- Solidago curtisii var. curtisii - high elevations in mountains from Georgia to West Virginia
- Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia (Small) R.E.Cook & Semple - lower elevations from Mississippi to Pennsylvania
References
edit- ^ a b The Plant List, Solidago curtisii Torr. & A.Gray
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Solidago curtisii Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Curtis’ goldenrod
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Solidago curtisii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Torrey, John & Asa Gary. 1842. Flora of North America 2(2): 200
- ^ Cook, Rachel E. & Semple, John Cameron. 2004. Sida 21(1): 221-224
External links
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