Solidago bicolor

Silverrod
1913 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. bicolor
Binomial name
Solidago bicolor L.
Synonyms[2][3]
Synonymy Aster bicolor (L.) Nees Aster pubens (M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray) Kuntze Solidago alba Mill. Solidago bicolor var. concolor Torr. & A.Gray Solidago curtisii var. pubens (M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray Solidago bicolor var. hispida (Muhl. ex Willd.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. Solidago bicolor var. lanata (Hook.) A.Gray Solidago bicolor var. luteola Farw. Solidago bicolor var. ovalis Farw. Solidago bicolor var. spathulata Farw. Solidago bicolor var. tonsa Solidago curtisii var. pubens (M.A.Curtis ex Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray Solidago pubens M.A. Curtis ex Torr. & A. Gray

Solidago bicolor, with several common names including white goldenrod,^[2][4] silverrod^[2] and (in Québec) verge d’or bicolore, is a plant species native to much of eastern North America.^[5][2] It is found in Canada (from Manitoba to Nova Scotia) and in the United States (every state completely east of the Mississippi except Florida).^[6] It prefers sandy and rocky soils, and can frequently be found along roadsides.

Solidago bicolor is distinctive in the genus. Stems are thin and wiry. Flowers are white rather than yellow, the heads mostly clustered in the axils of the leaves rather than displayed in a large terminal raceme.^[2]

References

1. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 383.
2. Flora of North America, Solidago bicolor 1767, White goldenrod , silverrod , verge d’or bicolore
3. The Plant List, Solidago bicolor
4. "Solidago bicolor". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
5. Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae, ed. 12 2: 556. 1767.
6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map