Asteraceae Erect, caulescent herb arising from short, stout rhizomes or branched caudices. Stems 1-4 dm tall, sparsely to densely pubescent, or glabrate below.
Ray flowers ca.
2-branched at the apex. Solidago spithamaea is a distinctive species in a rather large, difficult genus. His taxonomic variations are generally not accepted at the present time. Specimens of this species are found at Harvard University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, University of Tennessee, University of Georgia, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. An exellent illustration is in Massey et al.