Solidago multiradiata
Northern goldenrod
Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native
Northern goldenrod is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, northern Sierra Nevada, and White and Inyo Mountains in slopes and meadows at elevations of 1,250 to 3,950 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces yellow flowers in flat or round-topped clusters with 12 to 18 ray flowers 2 to 4 millimeters long. Growing with stems less than 50 centimeters tall emerging from a woody caudex, it has a relatively compact and upright form. Its leaves range from linear to spoon-shaped on the lower stem, becoming smaller and more linear toward the top, with edges often long-fringed with fine hairs. The plant produces small fruits 2 to 3 millimeters long, lightly covered with stiff, short hairs.
Habitat: Slopes, meadows
Bloom period: Jun-Sep
Elevation: 1250-3950 m
Bioregions: KR, CaRH, SN, n SNE, W&I
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.