''Solidago brendiae'' is a species of
goldenrod in the family
Asteraceae, native to northeastern North America.
''Solidago brendiae'' is a perennial herb up to 160 cm (64 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are long and narrow, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long, attached to the stem rather than clustered around the base. One plant can sometimes have as many as 500 small yellow flower heads in a large array at the top of the plant.
The plant is named for Brenda Semple, wife and research partner of the author of the paper in which the species was first described. It is a member of subsection ''Triplinerviae''.
It is found in
Labrador,
Newfoundland
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, all three
Maritime Provinces, and
Québec
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in Canada,
and in
Granby, northeastern
Vermont, in the United States.
It is possible that a few additional populations exist in
Maine and
Ontario.
References
brendiae
Flora of Canada
Flora of Maine
Flora of Vermont
Plants described in 2013
Taxa named by John Cameron Semple
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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