''Solidago curtisii'', commonly called Curtis' goldenrod
[ and mountain decumbent goldenrod, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is the eastern part of the United States from Pennsylvania to Mississippi and Alabama, primarily in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
''Solidago curtisii'' is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a thick, woody underground ]caudex
A caudex (plural: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.pages 456 and 695
In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is m ...
. Stem is narrow, wiry, and dark purple. One plant can produce up to 800 small yellow flower heads in small clumps in the axils of the leaves.[Flora of North America, ''Solidago curtisii'' Torrey & A. Gray, 1842. Curtis’ goldenrod ]
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Galls
This species is host to the fillowing insect induced gall:
* '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862)
external link to gallformers
;Varieties[The Plant List, ''Solidago curtisii'' Torr. & A.Gray ]
/ref>Cook, Rachel E. & Semple, John Cameron. 2004. Sida 21(1): 221-224
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*''Solidago curtisii'' var. ''curtisii'' - high elevations in mountains from Georgia to West Virginia
*''Solidago curtisii'' var. ''flaccidifolia'' (Small) R.E.Cook & Semple - lower elevations from Mississippi to Pennsylvania
References
External links
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Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora
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Flora of the Eastern United States
Plants described in 1842
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