Solidago latissimifolia

Solidago latissimifolia, common name Elliott's goldenrod,^[4] is North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada, from Nova Scotia south to Alabama and Florida.^[5]

Solidago latissimifolia
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. latissimifolia
Binomial name
Solidago latissimifolia Mill. 1768
Synonyms[2][3]
Synonymy Aster latissimifolius (Mill.) Kuntze Dasiorima elliotii Raf. Solidago edisoniana Mack. Solidago elliottii Torr. & A. Gray Solidago elliptica Elliott Solidago elliptica Aiton Solidago mirabilis Small

Solidago latissimifolia is a perennial herb up to 400 cm (13 ft) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are elliptical, up to 15 cm (6 in) long. One plant can produce as many as 800 small yellow flower heads, in large branching arrays at the tops of the stems. The species grows in marshes (fresh water or brackish water) and thickets on the coastal plain.^[6]

Conservation status in the United States

It is listed as endangered in New York, and as a species of special concern in Rhode Island.^[7] It is a special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut.^[8]

Galls

This species is host to the following insect induced gall:

• Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862)
• Calycomyza solidaginis Kaltenbach, 1869^[9]

external link to gallformers