# Solidago simplex > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Solidago_simplex > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Solidago_simplex.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidago_simplex > Source revision: 1180962715 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Species of flowering plant Solidago simplex Achenes with barbs Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico Conservation status Secure (NatureServe) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Solidago Species: S. simplex Binomial name Solidago simplex Kunth 1818 Synonyms[1] Synonymy Solidago decumbens Greene Solidago glutinosa Nutt. Solidago neomexicana (A.Gray) Wooton & Standl. Solidago oreophila Rydb. Solidago chlorolepis Fernald, syn of var. chlorolepis Solidago deamii Fernald, syn of var. gillmanii Solidago gillmanii (A.Gray) E.S.Steele, syn of var. gillmanii Solidago bellidifolia Greene, syn of var. nana Solidago hesperia Howell, syn of var. nana Solidago anticostensis Fernald, syn of var. racemosa Solidago racemosa Greene, syn of var. racemosa Solidago victorinii Fernald, syn of var. racemosa Solidago randii (Porter) Britton, syn of var. randii Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Solidago simplex](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Solidago_simplex). ***Solidago simplex***, the **Mt. Albert goldenrod**[2] or **sticky goldenrod**, is a North American plant species in the genus *[Solidago](/source/Solidago)* of the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae). It is widespread across much of Canada, parts of the United States, and northeastern Mexico.[3][4] ## Description *Solidago simplex* is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, with a branching underground [caudex](/source/Caudex). One plant system can produce as many as 10 stems. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 16 cm (6.6 inches) long, produced on the stem as well as at the base. One stem can sometimes produce as many as 150 small yellow [flower heads](/source/Flower_heads), each with 7-16 [ray florets](/source/Ray_florets) surrounding 6-31 [disc florets](/source/Disc_floret). [5] ## Varieties At least eight varieties of the species may be recognised:[3][4][5] - *Solidago simplex* var. *chlorolepis* (Fernald) G. S. Ringius - [Mt. Albert](/source/Mount_Albert_(Quebec)), [Gaspé Peninsula](/source/Gasp%C3%A9_Peninsula), [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec) - *Solidago simplex* var. *gillmanii* (A.Gray) G.S.Ringius - shores of [Lake Michigan](/source/Lake_Michigan) + [Lake Huron](/source/Lake_Huron) - *Solidago simplex* var. *monticola* (Porter) G.S.Ringius - mountains in [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec), [New York State](/source/New_York_(state)), [New England](/source/New_England) - *Solidago simplex* var. *nana* (A.Gray) G.S.Ringius - [Cascade Mountains](/source/Cascade_Range) in [Oregon](/source/Oregon) and [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), [Vancouver Island](/source/Vancouver_Island) in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) - *Solidago simplex* var. *ontarioensis* (G.S.Ringius) G.S.Ringius - shores on Canadian side of [Lake Huron](/source/Lake_Huron) - *Solidago simplex* var. *racemosa* (Greene) G.S.Ringius - from [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec) and [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) south as far as [West Virginia](/source/West_Virginia) - *Solidago simplex* var. *randii* (Porter) Kartesz & Gandhi - from [Québec](/source/Qu%C3%A9bec) and [New Brunswick](/source/New_Brunswick) west as far as [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) - *Solidago simplex* var. *simplex* - from [Alaska](/source/Alaska) east to [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories) + [Quebec](/source/Quebec), south as far as [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [Nuevo León](/source/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n), [San Luis Potosí](/source/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The Plant List, *Solidago simplex* Kunth](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-88799) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [NRCS](/source/Natural_Resources_Conservation_Service). ["*Solidago simplex*"](https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/SOSI3). *PLANTS Database*. [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture) (USDA). Retrieved 19 November 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pam_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pam_3-1) [Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map](http://bonap.net/MapGallery/State/Solidago%20simplex.png) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-erika_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-erika_4-1) [SEINet Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, *Solidago simplex* Kunth, Mt. Albert goldenrod](http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=508&taxauthid=1) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-carmen_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-carmen_5-1) [Flora of North America, *Solidago simplex* Kunth 1818. Sticky goldenrod](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067572) ## External links - [Photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1962](http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=100016453) Taxon identifiers Solidago simplex Wikidata: Q15567382 Wikispecies: Solidago simplex CoL: 4Y7JC EoL: 484671 FNA: 250067572 GBIF: 5389158 GRIN: 459402 iNaturalist: 126653 IPNI: 240505-2 IRMNG: 11046722 ITIS: 505288 MichiganFlora: 469 NatureServe: 2.640050 NCBI: 330185 Open Tree of Life: 1083529 Plant List: gcc-88799 PLANTS: SOSI3 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:249886-1 Tropicos: 2708233 VASCAN: 9883 WFO: wfo-0000127807 WoRMS: 1099147 This Solidago article is a stub. 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