Solidago simplex var. simplex

Common names: Mountain or decumbent goldenrod verge d’or simple
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster bonplandii Kuntze Aster confertiflorus (de Candolle) Kuntze Solidago aureola Greene Solidago decumbens Greene Solidago decumbens var. oreophila A. Gray Solidago glutinosa Aiton Solidago multiradiata var. neomexicana (A. Gray) Cronquist Solidago neomexicana Rydberg Solidago oreophila de Candolle Solidago spathulata subsp. glutinosa (Nuttall) D. D. Keck Solidago spathulata var. neomexicana (de Candolle) Kurtz Solidago vespertina Solidago virgaurea var. confertiflora
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 114. Mentioned on page 113.

Plants (5–)17–44(–78) cm, usually more than 13 cm. Leaves: basal and proximalmost cauline usually spatulate, rarely broadly elliptic, bases gradually attenuated to winged petioles, margins weakly crenate; cauline 5–16, (5–)12.5–47(–90) × (0.7–)2–7(–13) mm. Phyllaries: shortest 1–2.3(–3.9) mm. Disc florets: corollas (3.3–)4–4.8(–5.6) mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep (occasionally spring, British Columbia, Washington).
Habitat: Alpine slopes, rocky seepage slopes, montane forest meadows, rolling grasslands, dry prairies, coulee margins, rocky riverbanks and lakeshores, roadsides, disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–3000+ m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mich., Minn., Mont., N.Mex., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., W.Va., Wyo., Mexico.

Discussion

Variety simplex is found in western North America and is disjunct along the shores of the upper Great Lakes and in southern Quebec. Its presence in extreme southwestern Nunavut is unconfirmed but is possible.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Humiles +
Mountain or decumbent goldenrod +  and verge d’or simple +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, S.Dak. +, Utah +, Wash. +, W.Va. +, Wyo. +  and Mexico. +
0–3000+ m +
Alpine slopes, rocky seepage slopes, montane forest meadows, rolling grasslands, dry prairies, coulee margins, rocky riverbanks and lakeshores, roadsides, disturbed areas +
Flowering Jul–Sep (occasionally spring, British Columbia, Washington). +
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. +
1818 +  and 1820 +
Aster bonplandii +, Aster confertiflorus +, Solidago aureola +, Solidago decumbens +, Solidago decumbens var. oreophila +, Solidago glutinosa +, Solidago multiradiata var. neomexicana +, Solidago neomexicana +, Solidago oreophila +, Solidago spathulata subsp. glutinosa +, Solidago spathulata var. neomexicana +, Solidago vespertina +  and Solidago virgaurea var. confertiflora +
Solidago simplex var. simplex +
Solidago simplex +
variety +