''Solidago nana'' is a North American plant species in the family
Asteraceae, with the common names baby goldenrod and dwarf goldenrod.
[ The species is native to deserts and mountainsides in the western United States, from the Rocky Mountains to the ]Great Basin
The Great Basin is the largest area of contiguous endorheic basin, endorheic watersheds, those with no outlets, in North America. It spans nearly all of Nevada, much of Utah, and portions of California, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, and Baja California ...
in the states of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, ''Solidago nana'' Nutt.
description, photos, distribution map
''Solidago nana'' is a perennial herb up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. The leaves near the bottom of the stem are narrow, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long; leaves get progressively smaller higher up on the stem. One plant can produce as many as 100 small yellow flower heads in a large, flat-topped array at the top of the plant.
[Flora of North America, ''Solidago nana'' Nuttall, 1841. Baby or dwarf goldenrod ]
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Plants described in 1840
Flora of the Western United States
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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