Minnesota Seasons - showy goldenrod


showy goldenrod				More photos…
Solidago speciosa

Taxonomy	Family:	Asteraceae (aster)
	Subfamily:	Asteroideae
	Supertribe:	Asterodae
	Tribe:	Astereae (aster)
	No Rank:	North American clade
Subordinate Taxa	showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula) showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa var. speciosa)

Identification	See the varieties for identifying information.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Agassiz Dunes SNA Beaver Creek Valley State Park Blanket Flower Prairie SNA Blue Mounds State Park Bunker Hills Regional Park Chippewa Prairie Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Glacial Lakes State Park Grey Cloud Dunes SNA Joseph A. Tauer Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Mound Spring Prairie SNA Old Mill State Park Ordway Prairie Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Regal Meadow Rice Lake Savanna SNA Roscoe Prairie SNA Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Western Prairie SNA Zimmerman Prairie

Images
var. rigidiuscula

var. speciosa

Synonyms

Common Names	noble goldenrod showy goldenrod