Solidago gattingeri

Solidago gattingeri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. gattingeri
Binomial name
Solidago gattingeri Chapman ex A.Gray
Synonyms[2]
Aster gattingeri (Chapm. ex A. Gray) Kuntze

Solidago gattingeri, common name Gattinger's goldenrod,^[3] is a species of plant that is a goldenrod. It is native only to the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri and to the Nashville Basin of Tennessee.^[4] Its preferred habitat is cedar glades, cedar barrens, and limestone outcrops.^[5] It is adapted to dry habitats.^[6]

Solidago gattingeri is a perennial that produces yellow flowers in late summer. One plant can produce as many as 250 small yellow flower heads, some of then in large arrays at the top of the plant, others in smaller clusters on side branches. It is distinguished from the related Solidago juncea by having fewer flowers per head (only 1-5 ray florets and 4-11 disc florets). It is also closely related to Solidago missouriensis but is distinguished by having bract-like upper leaves and shorter rhizomes.^[7]

References

1. "Solidago gattingeri". NatureServe. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
2. The Plant List, Solidago gattingeri Chapm. ex A.Gray
3. NRCS. "Solidago gattingeri". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 November 2015.
4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
5. [1] Flora of North America
6. [2] University of Waterloo Asteraceae Lab
7. "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".