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Solidago virgaurea

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Solidago virgaurea

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Also known as goldenrod, golden rod

species of plant

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Solidago virgaurea is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Solidago and is classified within the order Asterales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The taxon is accepted under the authority Bigelow. Common names for this species include Gewöhnliche Goldrute, Echte guldenroede, zlatobýl obecný, and chee noo. It produces fruit in the form of an achene and has uses as a medicinal plant.

The species has a range that includes Xinjiang and the Tibet Autonomous Region. It has been introduced to Queensland and Sakhalin. Records of the plant have been documented in India, the Russian Federation, Pakistan, the United States, and Italy. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2012.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderAsterales
  5. FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Central European Russia
Observations recorded589,121

Common Name: chee noo

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,857
With media
3,748
Family
Asteraceae
Collections
MICH, US, CHAS, DAV, DEK, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
Recorded in
India, Russian Federation, Pakistan, United States, Italy, China, Japan, Denmark

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Encyclopedic overview

Flowers with Bombus cryptarum

Solidago virgaurea, the European goldenrod or woundwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia (China, Russia, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan, etc.). It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Solidago virgaurea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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