Solidago elongata

West coast canada goldenrod

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

West coast canada goldenrod is a native perennial found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, central western California, and Great Basin regions in meadows and thickets at elevations below 2,800 meters. Flowering from May to October, this plant produces yellow flowers in small clustered heads with 8 to 15 ray flowers. Growing with tall stems 25 to 170 centimeters high and spreading rhizomatous roots, it has an upright, somewhat club-shaped flowering structure. Its mid-stem leaves are distinctively lanceolate, 5 to 15 centimeters long, with three prominent veins and slightly toothed edges. The plant's fruit is small, approximately 1 to 1.5 millimeters long and covered in fine stiff hairs.

Habitat: Meadows, thickets

Bloom period: May-Oct

Elevation: < 2800 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, deltaic SnJV, CW, GB

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.