Solidago uliginosa (Bog goldenrod)

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Solidago uliginosa Nutt.

Bog goldenrod

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Solidago	From Latin solido, “to make whole or heal,” because it was believed these species had healing properties
Species	uliginosa	"Growing in marshes" (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)

About plant names...

Bog goldenrod is a native of North America, preferring bogs, fens, and cedar or other conifer swamps. For a comparison chart of some of the varieties of goldenrods, see Solidago.

Plants: Plants are perennials, and are 24-60" (60-152 cm) high. They are found in bogs and swamps, an identifying feature (since most goldenrods prefer dry land). Stems are round, not four-sided as in some goldenrods, and smooth (hairless).

Leaves: Leaves at the base of the plant are up to 12" (30 cm) long and about one eighth as wide, and finely toothed. All leaves are smooth on top. The base of each leaf is clasping—it wraps partly around the stem.

Flowers: The yellow flowerheads, up to 7" (17 cm) long, form a tight conical cluster at the top of the plant. Individual flowers have 1-8 petals. They appear from August to October.

Fruits: Pappi, small balls of featherlike hairs, like miniature dandelions gone to seed, each about ⅛" (3.2 mm) around.

Edibility: Not edible.

Online References:

Ontario Wildflowers

The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium

The Connecticut Botanical Society's Connecticut wildflowers site

EFloras

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

The Missouri Botanical Garden

Michiganflora.net

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