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|accepted_name=Solidago caesia
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 879. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Blue-stem or woodland or wreath goldenrod;verge d’or bleuâtre
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster caesius
|authority=(Linnaeus) Kuntze
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Solidago;Solidago sect. Solidago;Solidago subsect. Glomeruliflorae;Solidago caesia
|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. Glomeruliflorae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solidago caesia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 127
|treatment_page=page 126
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>(20–)35–80(–100) cm; rhizomes woody, caudexlike. <b>Stems</b> 1–10+, usually blue to purple, glaucous, arching, straight, usually simple, occasionally with 2–3(–4) elongated lateral branches, glabrous or slightly strigose in arrays. <b>Leaves</b>: basal withering by flowering; proximal to mid cauline sessile, blades lanceolate, (47–)70–100(–150) × 8–20(–30) mm, margins serrate (with 0–24 teeth per side), apices acuminate, faces abaxially glabrous or sparsely hairy, adaxially sparsely hairy; distal sessile, blades narrowly lanceolate, (20–)40–70(–100) × (3.4–)5.6–11(–17) mm, margins entire to slightly serrate, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Heads</b> 9–380, in short, secund, axillary and terminal racemo-paniculiform clusters (4.4–)13–36(–58) cm. <b>Peduncles</b> 2–10 mm, sparsely to moderately strigose; bracteoles linear, 1–8. <b>Involucres</b> narrowly campanulate, (3.5–)4.8–6(–7.2) mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in ca. 3 series, unequal, outermost lanceolate (1–1.7 mm), acute, innermost linear-oblong (2.3–4 mm), 1-nerved, obtuse to acute. <b>Ray</b> florets 1–6; laminae (1.5–)2–3(–4) × ca. 1 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 3–6(–9); corollas 2–3(–4) mm, lobes (0.5–)1–1.5(–2) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1–2(–2.5) mm, moderately to densely strigose; pappi 2–3(–3.7) mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Solidago caesia</i> is sometimes defined more broadly to include the erect-stemmed <i>S. curtisii</i> and <i>S. ouachitensis</i>.</p>
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==Key==
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|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Proximal midcauline leaves narrowly lanceolate, 50–150 × 8–30 cm; stems strongly arching; throughout most of range
|[[Solidago caesia var. caesia|Solidago caesia var. caesia]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Proximal midcauline leaves shorter and broadly lanceolate to rhombic, 50–90 × 13–24 mm; stems weakly arching; wet lowlands of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi
|[[Solidago caesia var. zedia|Solidago caesia var. zedia]]
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Solidago caesia
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subsection
|synonyms=Aster caesius
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Mass.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Vt.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_252.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Solidago
|section=Solidago sect. Solidago
|subsection=Solidago subsect. Glomeruliflorae
|species=Solidago caesia
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