Solidago californica is a species of goldenrod known by the common name California goldenrod.
It is native to western North America from Oregon through California to Baja California. It grows in many types of habitats, including oak woodlands, valley grassland, chaparral, and sometimes disturbed areas.
Description
Solidago californica is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a hairy stem up to tall. The lance-shaped leaves are up to long near the base of the plant, and smaller farther up.
The inflorescence is a narrow, often one-sided series or cluster of many flower heads. Each flower head contains many yellow disc florets and surrounded by up to 11 narrow yellow ray florets which measure up to long.
Galls
This species is host to the fillowing insect induced galls: Asteromyia carbonifera (Osten Sacken, 1862) Procecidochares anthracina (Doane, 1899) external link to gallformers
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment: Solidago californica
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Solidago californica — Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California
californica
Flora of Baja California
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Plants described in 1840 Flora without expected TNC conservation status