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Solidago missouriensis Nutt.Nutt.
Missouri goldenrod
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome or sometimes a woody stem-base; stems erect, solitary to few, branched above, glabrous or sparingly hairy in the inflorescence, 20-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves oblanceolate, stalked, 5-30 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, essentially glabrous, 3-nerved, entire or remotely toothed; stem leaves similar, alternate, becoming linear, entire, unstalked and much reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, numerous in a dense oblong to rounded inflorescence; involucres 3-5 mm tall; involucral bracts linear-oblong to broadly lanceolate, midvein prominent, hairy towards the tip; ray flowers 7-13; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes short-hairy; pappus of numerous white hairlike bristles.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

USDA Species Characteristics

Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Late Summer
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source:  The USDA

Habitat / Range

Dry grasslands, shrublands and open forests in the steppe and lower montane zones; infrequent in SC, SE and NE BC; E to ON and S to TN, TX and AZ.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Solidago missouriensis

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 365 1207 1735
Slope Gradient (%) 0 26 67
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		52 201 270
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		2 3 5
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class		 C
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:		 34
Modal BEC Zone Class
 MS
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: BG(1), ESSF(3), IDF(11), MS(16), PP(1), SBPS(2)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
 Flora North America treatment for Solidago missouriensis
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

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General References

Google Scholar Search
Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-09 1:57:00 PM ]
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