Solidago virgaurea, the European goldenrod or woundwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia (China, Russia, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan, etc.). It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer. Solidago virgaurea is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a branching underground caudex and a woody rhizome. It produces arrays of numerous small yellow flower heads at the top of the stem. Subspecies and varietiesSolidago virgaurea subsp. alpestris (Waldst. & Kit.) Gremli Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara Solidago virgaurea var. calcicola Fernald Solidago virgaurea subsp. caucasica (Kem.-Nath.) Greuter Solidago virgaurea subsp. dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag. Solidago virgaurea subsp. gigantea (Nakai) Kitam. Solidago virgaurea var. insularis (Kitam.) Hara Solidago virgaurea subsp. jailarum (Juz.) Tzvelev Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorrhiza (Lange) Nyman Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang. Solidago virgaurea subsp. stenophylla (G.E.Schultz) Tzvelev Solidago virgaurea subsp. talyschensis (Tzvelev) Sennikov Solidago virgaurea subsp. taurica (Juz.) Tzvelev Solidago virgaurea subsp. turfosa (Woronow ex Grossh.) Greuter Solidago virgaurea subsp. virgaurea Solidago virgaurea var. virgaurea
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Solidago
- Family
- Asteraceae