Solidago macrophyllaHerb.Banks ex Pursh

largeleaf goldenrod

WFO wfo-0000004599 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Solidago macrophylla, photographed by dugald
fig. a dugald, CC0 1.0 / 2020-08-14 / obs. 90375096
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Reuven Martin
fig. b Reuven Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 52357091
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. c Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 26139695
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Todd Boland
fig. d Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156326257
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Tom Field
fig. e Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154687937
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Vince La Tassa
fig. f Vince La Tassa, CC0 1.0 / obs. 150929001
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Carter Dorscht
fig. g Carter Dorscht, CC0 1.0 / obs. 148118273
Solidago macrophylla, photographed by Étienne Lacroix-Carignan
fig. h Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182821820

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Native range 11 botanical countries

Regions where Solidago macrophylla is native: Labrador, Maine, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Vermont LabradorMaineNew BrunswickNew HampshireNew YorkNewfoundlandNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward I.QuébecVermont
Native distribution of Solidago macrophylla, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Labrador LAB NORTHERN AMERICA
Maine MAI
New Brunswick NBR
New Hampshire NWH
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Nova Scotia NSC
Ontario ONT
Prince Edward I. PEI
Québec QUE
Vermont VER

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aster thyrsoideus Kuntze
  • Solidago macrophylla f. macrophylla
  • Solidago macrophylla var. macrophylla
  • Solidago macrophylla var. thyrsoidea Fernald
  • Solidago mensalis Fernald
  • Solidago thyrsoidea E.Mey.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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