Solidago leavenworthii

Solidago leavenworthii, or Leavenworth's goldenrod,^[3] is a species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the southeastern U.S. from Florida north to Georgia and the Carolinas.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Solidago leavenworthii
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. leavenworthii
Binomial name
Solidago leavenworthii Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms[2]
Aster leavenworthii (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze

Solidago leavenworthii is a perennial herb up to 210 cm (80 inches or 6 2/3 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are crowded together, with as many as 80 leaves on one stem, though none gathered around the base of the stalk as in some related species. One plant can produce as many as 350 small yellow flower heads in a tall, branching array at the top of the plant.^[9]

Galls

This species is host to the following insect induced galls:

• Rhopalomyia capitata Felt, 1908 (spring and summer generations)

external link to gallformers

See also

• Edison and Ford Winter Estates § Rubber laboratory