''Solidago satanica,'' the devil's goldenrod, is a rare North American plant species in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is native to the state of

North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...

in the north-central United States. It was first described in 1911 from specimens collected near Devil's Lake in Ramsey County.Lunell, Joël. 1911. American Midland Naturalist 2: 58
/ref> ''Solidago satanica'' is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall. Leaves are lance-shaped.

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 ...

are each about 3 mm high. The species appears to be closely related to '' S. canadensis.''

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satanica Flora of North Dakota Plants described in 1911 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Solidago-stub