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5. Solidago gigantéa Ait. Smooth Goldenrod. Fig. 5494. 
Solidago gigantea Ait. sain Kew. 3: 211. 1789. 
Solidago serotina Ait. loc. cit. Not Retz. 1781. 
Solidago serotina var. ousotes A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. ai Na 1882. 
Aster latissimifolius var. serotinus Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 1891. 
Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla Fernald, Rhodora 41: 457. es 
o S. canadensis; stems stout, 6-20 dm. high, glabrous and often glaucous below the 
inflorescence the latter pilosulose. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, =" ong, mm. 
wide, acuminate, sharply serrate above the entire cuneate base, ppc ipeibeabd cata essentially 
glabrous on both sing panicle large, pyram midal, the heads secund on t ed branches ; 
involucre igh, the phyliaries rather firm and often obtuse; ray- aBiiets 9-16, dis- 
ti ad surpassing the disk ; achenes hispidulo 
ets and meadows at low elevations, Arid ea sition Zone; southern ig | — to heel (mostly 
east g the Cascade Movgiains) east to Te eaniiint.. Cer a) and Texas. Type locality: North America (the 
type a garden plant). July—Sep 
6. Solidago missouriénsis Nutt. Missouri Goldenrod. Fig. 5495. 
Solidago is Nutt. Journ. Acad. Phila. 7: 32. 1834. 
Solid tol: A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N, Amer. 17: 151. 1884. 
er missouriensis Kuntze, o% Gen. Pl. 1: 318. 1891. 
pn tolmieanus Kuntz a 
Solidago missouriensis v l c ist, Vasc. Pl. Pacif. Northw. 5: 307. 1955. 
_ Stems from creeping ae < or clustered from a simple or branched caudex, 2-5(-9) d 
high, essentially glabrous below the parses peerwient inflorescence. Basal leaves ae 
anceolate, 5~20 cm. 5-20 m th bo 
obl ng, wide, entire or toothed above, tapering into margined 
peers. scabrid-ciliolate, often lost pee the paling secpely t educed above, the upper mostly 
linea subulate, entire; panicle usually oblong or rhombic, with erectish branches, sometimes 
pyr. ae, with spreading branches, the heads then Secune ; involucre 3-5 mm. high, the phyllaries 
en broadly lanceolate, obtuse to acutish, rather firm, the oe gland prominent ; 
ray-flor 8-13), u soatly distinctly cecodiien the disk; achenes hispidul 
Rat a open places, U po Bon age and Transition Zones; British e PRa to yale Oregon east to 
Guitarto, ae exas, and A ona. A’common and variable species from which a number of varieties have 
been segregated. Type locality: son "the upper branches of the Missouri and in Arkansas.”’ July—Sept. 
7. Solidago guiradénis A. Gray. Guirado’s Goldenrod. Fig. 5496. 
Solidago guiradonis A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad 6: 543. 1865. 
Stems slender, erect, fro woody rhizome, 8-10 dm. high, Regents. < throughout. Basal 
leaves lanceolate, tapering to File beticke. 12. 15 cm. long, 5-10 m wide, the cauline elongate 
but reduced, linear, above becoming linear-subulate bracts, all gntice: whi tte ee nder, sub- 
racemose, few-headed, not secund, 10-20 cm. long; i nvolucre about 4-5 mm. high, t e phyllaries 
in broad; ray-florets 8-10, little cacenda the disk: disk- aah 10-12; 
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Moist ie Upper Sonoran Zone; California, rare, in the Coast Ranges from Santa Clara County south- 
So and in the southernmost Sierra Nevada. Type locality: base of San Carlos Peak, San Benito County. Sept.- 
8. Solidago confinis A. irk gee Goldenrod. Fig. 5497. 
Sol 0 confints A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 17 188 
perks confints f. luxurians H. M. Hall, Univ. ne a Bot. 3: 46. 1907. 
Solidago confinis var. luxurians Jepson, Man. Fl. Calif. 1035. 1925. 
Stems usually stout, terminating rather short woody rhizomes or sometimes clustered on a 
short caudex, 3-14 dm hi gh, glabrous throughout. Leaves thick, pale green, entire, glabrous or 
th b id, the basal spatula ceolate to ol apering t 
y den: ong. 
a, igh, he dhyiiarics | ate slig' htly ckedeate. linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rather firm 
EPS Tas s 6-10, scarcely surpassing the 11-21 disk-florets; achenes sparsely idsas to 
canescen 
Dry or moist banks, Upper Sonoran and Transition Zones; Ventura County to San Diego County, gaat 
to the gf Han edge, mostly in the mountains. Type locality: “southern borders of California.’ July—Oct 
9. Pee spectabilis (D, C. Eaton) A. Gray. Basin Goldenrod. Fig. 5498. 
Solid: var. spectabilis D. C. Eaton, Bot. Pog a 184, 1871. 
Solidene ok Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. 17: 
Stems rather stout, terminating a rat see a woody rhizome or caudex, 4-13 dm. high, 
glabrous throughout or becoming somewhat hispidulous within the inflorescence. Leaves — 
or rarely remotely ate, the basal oblanceolate, acute or obtuse, © a lon: ing’ 
clasping petiole, including the peace 28 cm. long, 1.3-4 cm. wide, the upper ‘tae neat 
lanceolate and often much reduced toward the inflorescence, scabrid-c Sickete,. eka ae noni a = 
panicle usually oblong and very reac abethy less than 10 cm. long; involucre about 4 mm. high; 
