Northern Goldenrod, Rocky Mountain Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata (Synonyms: Aster multiradiatus, Solidago algida, Solidago cusickii, Solidago dilatata, Solidago heterophylla, Solidago multiradiata var. arctica, Solidago multiradiata var. scopulorum, Solidago rubra, Solidago scopulorum, Solidago virgaurea var. arctica, Solidago virgaurea var. multiradiata)

Solidago multiradiata

Synonyms: Aster multiradiatus, Solidago algida, Solidago cusickii, Solidago dilatata, Solidago heterophylla, Solidago multiradiata var. arctica, Solidago multiradiata var. scopulorum, Solidago rubra, Solidago scopulorum, Solidago virgaurea var. arctica, Solidago virgaurea var. multiradiata

A close-up view of the inflorescence of northern goldenrod as seen from the east side of Highway Pass, Denali Pass..................August 23, 2006.

Northern Goldenrod, Rocky Mountain Goldenrod: Solidago multiradiata (Synonyms: Aster multiradiatus, Solidago algida, Solidago cusickii, Solidago dilatata, Solidago heterophylla, Solidago multiradiata var. arctica, Solidago multiradiata var. scopulorum, Solidago rubra, Solidago scopulorum, Solidago virgaurea var. arctica, Solidago virgaurea var. multiradiata)

Northern goldenrod as seen near upper Moose Creek near the southern base of Mount Galen, Denali National Park and Preserve..........June 21, 2012.

Northern goldenrod from along the east side of Highway Pass, Denali National Park..................August 23, 2006.

The photo above shows the minute hairs (best visible with a hand lens) lining the edges of the broad base of each leaf of northern goldenrod from the east side of Highway Pass, Denali National Park..................August 23, 2006.

Late fall bloom of an offset of northern goldenrod as seen on the ridgeline to the east of Stony Creek....................September 6, 2009. Note the line of hairs along the leaf margin of the or the original (summer blooming) plant at left.

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Northern goldenrod as seen atop Camp Ridge above Camp Denali in Denali National Park....................June 22, 2002.

Paul Slichter