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bluestem goldenrod
Solidago caesia
Solidago caesia, commonly named blue-stemmed goldenrod, wreath goldenrod, or woodland goldenrod, is a flowering plant native to North America.
From the article Solidago caesia on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Key identification features include a dark, wiry, blue or purple stem, and flower heads in the leaf axils instead of in a large array at the top of the plant. Prefers medium to part shade, and can often be found in wooded areas.
Range & habitat
It grows in the central and eastern parts of the continent from Manitoba east to New Brunswick, south as far as Florida and eastern Texas.
Galls. This species is host to the following insect induced galls:
Asphondylia silva Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862) Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella (Kellicott, 1878) external link to gallformers
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Solidago caesia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120005.