White Flat-topped Goldenrod

Solidago ptarmicoides

''Solidago ptarmicoides'', the White flat-top goldenrod or upland white aster, is a North American perennial flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the central and eastern Canada and parts of the United States.
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Appearance

''Solidago ptarmicoides'' is distinctive within the genus in having white to cream-colored flowers, in heads arranged in a flat-topped corymb rather than in an elongated raceme. One plant can sometimes produce as many as 50 small heads. Leaves are narrow and linear, often rather stiff. The species prefers dry, sandy soils and grassy meadows.

Status

The plant is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Tennessee, as rare in Indiana, and as presumed extirpated in Ohio.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusSolidago
SpeciesS. ptarmicoides
Photographed in
Canada