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|accepted_name=Solidago gigantea
|accepted_authority=Aiton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Hort. Kew.
|place=3: 211. 1789
|year=1789
}}
|common_names=Tall or giant or smooth goldenrod;verge d’or géante
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Solidago serotina
|authority=
|rank=species
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|publication_place=1789
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster latissimifolius var. serotinus
|authority=Kuntze
|rank=variety
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|name=Doria dumetorum
|authority=(Lunell) Lunell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Doria pitcheri
|authority=(Nuttall) Lunell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago cleliae
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago dumetorum
|authority=Lunell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
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|name=Solidago gigantea var. pitcheri
|authority=(Nuttall) Shinners
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago gigantea subsp. serotina
|authority=(Kuntze) McNeill
|rank=subspecies
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago gigantea var. serotina
|authority=(Kuntze) Cronquist
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago gigantea var. shinnersii
|authority=Beaudry
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago pitcheri
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago serotina var. gigantea
|authority=(Aiton) A. Gray
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago serotina var. minor
|authority=Hooker
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago serotinoides
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago shinnersii
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Solidago somesii
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Solidago;Solidago sect. Solidago;Solidago subsect. Triplinerviae;Solidago gigantea
|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. Triplinerviae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solidago gigantea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 150, 157, 158, 166
|treatment_page=page 156
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>50–200 cm (solitary or clustered); rhizomes short- to long-creeping. <b>Stems</b> 1–20+ or clustered, erect, glabrous or sparsely strigose in arrays, sometimes glaucous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal 0; proximal cauline usually withering by flowering time, sessile, lanceolate, 91–97 × 10–14 mm, margins sharply serrate, 3-nerved, apices acuminate, abaxial faces pilose on nerves or glabrous; mid to distal cauline similar, 57–76 × 0.7–1.2 cm, largest toward mid stem, decreasing distally. <b>Heads</b> 40–600, secund, in broadly secund, pyramidal paniculiform arrays, rarely rhombic or club-shaped, proximal branches divergent, recurved, glabrous-glabrate or strigose, sometimes glaucous. <b>Peduncles</b> 1.5–3 mm, sparsely to densely strigillose; bracteoles 0–2, linear-lanceolate. <b>Involucres</b> campanulate, (2–)2.5–4(–5) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 3–4 series, unequal, acute; outer lanceolate, inner linear-lanceolate (hexaploids from far west can have minute stipitate glands, especially near base of outer phyllaries and peduncle bracts). <b>Ray</b> florets (7–)9–15(–24) (conspicuous); laminae 1–3 × (0.1–)0.2–0.4 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets (4–)7–12(–17); corollas (2.5–)3–3.5(–4.5) mm, lobes 0.6–1(–1.4) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1.3–1.5 mm, sparsely strigose; pappi 2–2.5 mm. <b>2n</b> =18, 36, 54.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Usually at least seasonally moister soils, flood plains, ditches, depressions, open woods, and thickets, moist depressions in grasslands and parklands on Great Plains
|elevation=0–1500+ m
|distribution=Alta. ;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Mexico.
|discussion=<p><i>Solidago gigantea</i> is usually the least hairy species of the <i>S. canadensis</i> complex. The stems may be somewhat glaucous and the array is usually somewhat more open than in <i>S. canadensis</i> and <i>S. altissima</i>, and less leafy than <i>S. lepida</i>. Its blooming season begins and ends earlier than <i>S. altissima</i> in eastern North America. The species is diploid, mostly east of the Appalachian Mountains, tetraploid throughout the eastern forest area, and hexaploid on the prairies. The broader-leaved hexaploids on the prairies have been treated as S. shinnersii; G. H. Morton (1984) indicated that the differences are not diagnostic. Reports of hexaploids in the mountains from Alberta, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and northwestern Wyoming all have minute stipitate glands on the phyllaries, peduncle bracts, and sometimes the distalmost leaves; such plants belong in <i>S. lepida</i>, as do plants from British Columbia. Stems sometimes have 1–2 elongate insect galls near the base (S. Heard, pers. comm.). Although reported from much of Florida, specimens were seen only from Liberty County; all other collections are <i>S. leavenworthii</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Solidago gigantea
|authority=Aiton
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=Aster latissimifolius var. serotinus;Doria dumetorum;Doria pitcheri;Solidago cleliae;Solidago dumetorum;Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla;Solidago gigantea var. pitcheri;Solidago gigantea subsp. serotina;Solidago gigantea var. serotina;Solidago gigantea var. shinnersii;Solidago pitcheri;Solidago serotina var. gigantea;Solidago serotina var. minor;Solidago serotinoides;Solidago shinnersii;Solidago somesii
|basionyms=Solidago serotina
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Usually at least seasonally moister soils, flood plains, ditches, depressions, open woods, and thickets, moist depressions in grasslands and parklands on Great Plains
|elevation=0–1500+ m
|distribution=Alta. ;Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Sask.;Ala.;Ark.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;introduced in Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Hort. Kew.
|publication year=1789
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_339.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Solidago
|section=Solidago sect. Solidago
|subsection=Solidago subsect. Triplinerviae
|species=Solidago gigantea
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