Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Solidago L., Sp. Pl. 878-881 (1753)
Vernacular Name(s):
Goldenrod
 Description

Usually perennial herbs, rarely shrubs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire or serrate. Capitula several to numerous in racemose or corymbose panicles. Involucral bracts in 3-several rows, imbricate, mostly chartaceous. Receptacle flat or convex; scales usually 0, sometimes few. Outer florets ♀, usually ligulate, very rarely filiform, often as many as or more than disc florets, usually in 1 row; ligules yellow. Inner florets ☿, tubular. Achenes all similar, obovoid to cylindric, terete or angled, ribbed, glabrous or hairy; pappus of scabrid hairs in 1 row.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Solidago L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Exotic: Casual2
Total4
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.