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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Solidago sciaphila
|accepted_authority=E. S. Steele
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=13: 371. 1911
|year=1911
}}
|common_names=Shadowy goldenrod
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Solidago;Solidago sect. Solidago;Solidago subsect. Squarrosae;Solidago sciaphila
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Solidago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Solidago sect. Solidago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Solidago subsect. Squarrosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solidago sciaphila]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 119, 123
|treatment_page=page 125
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>20–70(–100) cm; caudices thick, woody. <b>Stems</b> single (sometimes purplish brown, ridged), glabrous, strigose distally in arrays. <b>Leaves</b>: basal and proximal tapering to winged petioles, blades (basal) spatulate, 20–40 mm, (proximal) obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic, 60–150(–200) × 30–55 mm, margins serrate (teeth shallow to 5 mm), ciliate, acute to obtuse, acuminate or mucronate, faces abaxially glabrate to sparsely strigose, especially on nerves, adaxially glabrous; mid and distal cauline sessile, lancelate or oblanceolate to elliptic, 30–100 × 20–40 mm, reduced distally, margins serrate to entire distally. <b>Heads</b> 20–180+ (1–6 per branch), in leafy wand-paniculiform arrays (2–)10–20(–40) cm, lateral branches usually not exceeding subtending leaf bracts. <b>Peduncles</b> 1–3 mm, strigose; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate to ovate, grading into phyllaries. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, ca. 5 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, appressed, strongly unequal, outer grading from ovate bracteoles, mid oblong, rounded, inner linear-oblong, acute, glabrous. <b>Ray</b> florets ca. 6–10; laminae 1.5–2.5 × 0.5 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets ca. 10; corollas 3.5–5 mm, lobes 1–1.5 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> (narrowly obconic) 2.5–3 mm, moderately strigillose; pappi ca. 4 mm (sometimes weakly clavate). <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Sandstone and limestone bluffs and ledges along Mississippi River
|elevation=200–400 m
|distribution=Ill.;Iowa;Minn.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Solidago sciaphila</i> is similar to <i>S. speciosa</i>, but the proximal leaves are obviously serrate.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Solidago sciaphila
|author=
|authority=E. S. Steele
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Sandstone and limestone bluffs and ledges along Mississippi River
|elevation=200–400 m
|distribution=Ill.;Iowa;Minn.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=1911
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Solidago
|section=Solidago sect. Solidago
|subsection=Solidago subsect. Squarrosae
|species=Solidago sciaphila
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