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stiff-leaved showy goldenrod

Solidago rigidiuscula

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Wisconsin.January 8, February 8, March 14, April 28, May 52, June 27, July 19, August 51, September 89, October 16, November 8, December 7.
United States1,062
Wisconsin639
Canada423
Ontario422
Michigan301
Minnesota172
Illinois129
Indiana60
Missouri53
Texas29

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusgoldenrods · Solidago

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise stiff-leaved showy goldenrod with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.