Index / Search / Solidago rugosa
§1 Plant
Solidago rugosa Mill.
vernacular wrinkleleaf goldenrod — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Solidago
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 956 counties across 30 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 95 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 1,000,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 956 counties across 30 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Camden 13039
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Crisp 13081
- Dade 13083
- Dawson 13085
- Elbert 13105
- Fulton 13121
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Lumpkin 13187
- Oconee 13219
- Rabun 13241
- Taylor 13269
- Thomas 13275
- Union 13291
- Wilcox 13315
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Greene 17061
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Madison 17119
- Massac 17127
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Brown 18013
- Cass 18017
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Elkhart 18039
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wayne 18177
- White 18181
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Menifee 21165
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Oldham 21185
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Garrett 24023
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- Somerset 24039
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Alcorn 28003
- Amite 28005
- Attala 28007
- Benton 28009
- Calhoun 28013
- Carroll 28015
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- Forrest 28035
- Franklin 28037
- George 28039
- Greene 28041
- Grenada 28043
- Hancock 28045
- Harrison 28047
- Hinds 28049
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson Davis 28065
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lauderdale 28075
- Leake 28079
- Lowndes 28087
- Marshall 28093
- Montgomery 28097
- Newton 28101
- Oktibbeha 28105
- Panola 28107
- Pearl River 28109
- Perry 28111
- Pike 28113
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Stone 28131
- Tate 28137
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Wilkinson 28157
- Winston 28159
Missouri view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Wright 29229
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 21 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Belmont 39013
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Hancock 39063
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Dickson 47043
- Dyer 47045
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Robertson 47147
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Van Buren 47175
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Cameron 48061
- Camp 48063
- Cherokee 48073
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Hardin 48199
- Henderson 48213
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Panola 48365
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Titus 48449
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 92 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Roane 54087
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Upshur 54097
- Wetzel 54103
§5Sources & provenance
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Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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