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§1 Plant
Solidago multiradiata Aiton
vernacular Rocky Mountain goldenrod — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Solidago
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 158 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -62 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 47 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–100 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.3
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 108,888
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 158 counties across 12 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Aleutians West 02016
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Sitka 02220
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Archuleta 08007
- Clear Creek 08019
- Costilla 08023
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Garfield 08045
- Gilpin 08047
- Grand 08049
- Gunnison 08051
- Hinsdale 08053
- Huerfano 08055
- Jackson 08057
- Jefferson 08059
- Lake 08065
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Mesa 08077
- Montezuma 08083
- Park 08093
- Pitkin 08097
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Routt 08107
- San Juan 08111
- San Miguel 08113
- Teller 08119
Idaho view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 15 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SOMU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5389132 ↗Record version
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