Solidago uliginosa

Solidago uliginosa, or bog goldenrod,^[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is found in eastern Canada (from Nunavut to Newfoundland and Manitoba) and the eastern United States (Great Lakes, Northeast, and Appalachian Mountains as far south as northeastern Georgia. There are historical reports of the species growing in Alabama, but these populations appear now to have been extirpated).^[3][4]

Solidago uliginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. uliginosa
Binomial name
Solidago uliginosa Nutt. 1834
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Aster terrae-novae (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze Aster uliginosus (Nutt.) Kuntze Aster uliginosus J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans Aster uniligulatus (DC.) Kuntze Bigelowia uniligulata DC. Chrysoma uniligulata (DC.) Nutt. Felicia uliginosa (J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans) Grau Solidago chrysolepis Fernald Solidago farwellii Fernald Solidago humilis Pursh 1813 not Mill. 1768 Solidago klughii Fernald Solidago linoides Torr. & A.Gray Solidago neglecta Torr. & A.Gray Solidago purshii Porter Solidago simulans Fernald Solidago terrae-novae Torr. & A.Gray Solidago uniligulata (DC.)

Solidago uliginosa is a perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches or 6 2/3 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. One plant can produce as many as 230 small yellow flower heads in a narrow, elongate array. The species grows in bogs, marshes, and swamps.^[5]

Galls

This species is host to the following insect induced galls:

• Asphondylia monacha Osten Sacken, 1869 (summer generation)
• Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella (Kellicott, 1878)

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