''Solidago erecta'' is a species of
goldenrod known by the common names showy goldenrod and slender goldenrod.
[ It is native to the eastern United States, from Massachusetts west to Indiana, and south as far as Georgia and Mississippi.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]
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''Solidago erecta'' is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. One plant can produce as many as 350 small yellow flower heads
A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...
in an elongated array.[Flora of North America, Solidago erecta Banks ex Pursh, 1813. Slender goldenrod]
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Galls
This species is host to the fillowing insect induced galls:
* ''Asphondylia monacha
''Asphondylia monacha'' is a species of gall midge
Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats. As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called ...
'' Osten Sacken, 1869 (summer generation)
* '' Asteromyia carbonifera'' (Osten Sacken, 1862)
* ''Procecidochares atra
''Procecidochares atra'' is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus ''Procecidochares'' of the family Tephritidae.
Its galls are most common on ''Solidago altissima, Solidago gigantea, S. gigantea, Solidago rugosa, S. rugosa''.http:// ...
'' (Loew, 1862) (summer and autumn generations
external link to gallformers
References
External links
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erecta
Flora of the Eastern United States
Plants described in 1813
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