{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) - Flickr - wackybadger.jpg | status = G5 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref name="natureserve">{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161090/Solidago_speciosa |website=explorer.natureserve.org}}</ref> |genus = Solidago |species = speciosa |authority = Nutt. |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-131742 The Plant List, ''Solidago speciosa'' A.Gray ]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2718019 Tropicos, ''Solidago speciosa'' Nutt.]</ref> |synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |title=<small>Synonymy</small> |''Aster speciosus'' <small>(Nutt.) Kuntze</small> |''Solidago pallida'' <small>(Porter) Rydb.</small> |''Solidago harperi'' <small>Mack. ex Small</small> |''Solidago jejunifolia'' <small>E.S.Steele</small> |''Solidago chandonnetii'' <small>E.S.Steele, syn of var. ''rigidiuscula''</small> |''Solidago rigidiuscula'' <small>(Torr. & A.Gray) Porter, syn of var. ''rigidiuscula''</small> |''Solidago venulosa'' <small>Greene, syn of var. ''rigidiuscula''</small> |}} }}

'''''Solidago speciosa''''', the '''showy goldenrod''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SOSP2|taxon=Solidago speciosa|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17}}</ref> is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It grows in the province of Ontario in central Canada, as well as in the eastern and central United States (from the Atlantic coast west as far as the Great Plains, so from Maine to Georgia (except Delaware) west as far as Texas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas).<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242417299 Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref>

''Solidago speciosa'' is a perennial herb up to 200&nbsp;cm (80 inches, over 6 feet) tall, producing a thick underground caudex. One plant can produce as many as 5 stems, each with up to 300 small yellow flower heads.<ref name=wispy/>

;Varieties<ref name=wispy>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242417299 Flora of North America, ''Solidago speciosa'' Nuttall, 1818. Showy or noble goldenrod ]</ref> * ''Solidago speciosa'' var. ''rigidiuscula'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small> - mostly in western portions of range * ''Solidago speciosa'' var. ''speciosa'' - mostly in eastern portions of range

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speciosa Category:Flora of the United States Category:Flora of the Northeastern United States Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States Category:Flora of Eastern Canada Category:Plants described in 1818 Category:Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall

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