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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solidago juncea, the early goldenrod,[3] plume golden-rod, or yellow top, is a North American species of herbaceous perennial plants of the family Asteraceae native to eastern and central Canada and eastern and central United States. It grows from Nova Scotia west to Manitoba and Minnesota south as far as northern Georgia and northern Arkansas, with a few isolated populations in Louisiana and Oklahoma.[4]
| Solidago juncea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Solidago |
| Species: | S. juncea |
| Binomial name | |
| Solidago juncea Aiton 1789 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Aster ciliaris Kuntze | |
Solidago juncea is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves around the base of the plant can be as much as 30 cm (1 foot) long, the leaves getting smaller higher on the stem. One plant can produce as many as 450 small yellow flower heads in a large, showy array.[5]
Solidago juncea is often grown in gardens as an ornamental.[6][7]
This species is host to the following insect induced galls:
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