Solidago erecta

Solidago erecta is a species of goldenrod known by the common names showy goldenrod^[2] and slender goldenrod.^[3] It is native to the eastern United States, from Massachusetts west to Indiana, and south as far as Georgia and Mississippi.^[4]

Solidago erecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. erecta
Binomial name
Solidago erecta Banks ex Pursh
Synonyms[1]
Solidago porteri Small Solidago speciosa var. erecta (Banks ex Pursh) MacMill.

Solidago erecta is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. One plant can produce as many as 350 small yellow flower heads in an elongated array.^[3]

Galls

This species is host to the fillowing insect induced galls:

• Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869 (summer generation)
• Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
• Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862) (summer and autumn generations)

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