Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora

(de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple

Phytologia 58: 430. 1985.

Endemic
Basionym: Solidago decemflora de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 332. 1836
Synonyms: Doria pulcherrima (A. Nelson) Lunell S. canadensis var. canescens A. Gray S. longipetiolata Mackenzie & Bush S. nemoralis subsp. longipetiolata (Mackenzie & Bush) G. W. Douglas S. nemoralis var. decemflora (de Candolle) Fernald S. nemoralis var. longipetiolata (Mackenzie & Bush) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark S. pulcherrima
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 160. Mentioned on page 159.

Basal leaves often linear-oblanceolate, usually not crenate. Involucres usually 4.6–5.8 mm. Disc corolla lobes (0.6–) 0.8–1.5 mm. Cypselae moderately strigose; pappi usually exceeding ray corolla tubes and bases of disc corolla lobes. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Open, sandy and gravelly soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and grasslands, drier open mixed deciduous and conifers woods
Elevation: 200–1600 m

Distribution

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Alta., B.C., Man., Ont., Sask., Ark., Colo., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Mich., Minn., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.Mex., N.Dak., Okla., S.Dak., Tex., Wyo.

Discussion

Subspecies decemflora is the tetraploid prairie and lower elevation cordilleran race of the species. Combinations based on Solidago longipetiolata have been applied to this race; the name does not have nomenclatural priority.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
(de Candolle) Brammall ex Semple +
Solidago decemflora +
Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.Dak. +, Okla. +, S.Dak. +, Tex. +  and Wyo. +
200–1600 m +
Open, sandy and gravelly soils, disturbed sites, roadsides, prairies and grasslands, drier open mixed deciduous and conifers woods +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
Doria pulcherrima +, S. canadensis var. canescens +, S. longipetiolata +, S. nemoralis subsp. longipetiolata +, S. nemoralis var. decemflora +, S. nemoralis var. longipetiolata +  and S. pulcherrima +
Solidago nemoralis subsp. decemflora +
Solidago nemoralis +
subspecies +