Solidago canadensis
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Family Asteraceae
Taxonomy: Solidago canadensis L.
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Solidago lepida var. elongata (Nutt.) Fernald (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (4), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 40 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 1.5 mm (1-2 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): achene (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 70 mm (20-120 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 12 mm (4-20 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (1) [sources: WAH_2022_2]
- flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (2) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.75 m (1-2.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAH_2023 | 10 | 14 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 7 | 9 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 3 | 4 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 4 | 4 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| WAH_2023_2 | 2 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |