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§1 Plant — species · Asteraceae
Solidago multiradiata Aiton
vernacular Rocky Mountain goldenrod
§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
§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
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 14 of 56 Montana counties.
§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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