Narrow Leaved Downy Ragged Goldenrod
Solidago petiolarisÌý±¹²¹°ù.ÌýangustaÌý(Torr. & Gray) A. Gray is native to SE Kansas, Missouri, eastern Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, eastern Texas with scattered disjunct populations across Texas to N Coahuila, Mexico. Its phyllaries lack hairs on the surface and are weakly to obviously resinous and shiny and minutely glandular, and sometimes spreading to reflexed distally.Ìý Its leaves are variable in shape and color; some are much narrower than those ofÌý±¹²¹°ù.Ìýpetiolaris, but can sometimes range to narrowly ovate; leaves can be green or shiny silvery.Ìý Leaves can look green under some light conditions but be shiny silvery when viewed at a different angle. Inflorescences range from few headed arrays to elongated narrow many-headed arrays depending upon growing conditions. ³Õ²¹°ù.ÌýwardiiÌýalsoÌýoccurs further west, whileÌý±¹²¹°ù.ÌýpetiolarisÌýoccurs from eastern Texas to Florida and North Carolina.Ìý Ranges of distribution are shown on theÌýS. petiolarisÌýpage.
Last revised 9 April 2025 by J.C. SempleÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
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1-6. Solidago petiolaris var. angusta. 1. Large plant, Semple & Chmielewski 5289, Missouri. 2. Tall shoot, Semple & Brouillet 3753, Franklin Co., Missouri 3. Shoots, Stewart 1409 LL, Coahuila, Mexico. 3. Leaf and stem, Dale et al. 86196 WAT, Ouachita Co., Louisiana. 4. Silvery leaf, Correll 26345 LL, Cass Co., Texas. 5. Heads, Thomas et al 112964 TEX, Union Co., Arkansas. 6. Head, cult. Montreal, by Fred Coursol MT.