Solidago rigida

Solidago rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. rigida
Binomial name
Solidago rigida L. 1753
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Aster rigidus (L.) Kuntze 1891 not L. 1753 Oligoneuron grandiflorum (Raf.) Small Oligoneuron rigidum (L.) Small Solidago grandiflora Raf. Aster jacksonii Kuntze, syn of subsp. glabrata Leioligo corymbosa (Elliott) Raf., syn of subsp. glabrata Oligoneuron corymbosum (Elliott) Small, syn of subsp. glabrata Oligoneuron jacksonii (Kuntze) Small, syn of subsp. glabrata Solidago corymbosa Elliott 1823 not Poir. 1817, syn of subsp. glabrata Solidago jacksonii (Kuntze) Fernald, syn of subsp. glabrata Oligoneuron bombycinum Lunell, syn of subsp. humilis Oligoneuron canescens Rydb., syn of subsp. humilis Solidago bombycina (Lunell) Friesn., syn of subsp. humilis Solidago bombycinum (Lunell) Friesner, syn of subsp. humilis Solidago canescens (Rydb.) Friesner, syn of subsp. humilis Solidago parvirigida Beaudry, syn of subsp. humilis

Solidago rigida, also known by the common names stiff goldenrod and stiff-leaved goldenrod is a North American plant species in the Goldenrod family. It is native to the region between the Atlantic Coast and the Rockies, from Alberta east to Ontario, south as far as New Mexico, Texas, and Georgia. In New England, it grows today only in Connecticut, though there are historical records indicating that it formerly grew in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.^[2]

Solidago rigida is ^[3]

Subspecies^[1][3]

• Solidago rigida subsp. glabrata (E.L.Braun) S.B.Heard & Semple - southeastern + south-central USA
• Solidago rigida subsp. humilis (Porter) S.B.Heard & Semple - central + western Canada, central + western USA as far west as the Rocky Mountains
• Solidago rigida subsp. rigida - Ontario, central + eastern USA

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