Solidago gigantea




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Solidago gigantea Aiton
Synonyms Aster latissimifolius (Miller) Kuntze var. serotinus Kuntze; Doria dumetorum (Lunell) Lunell; Doria pitcheri (Nuttall) Lunell; Solidago cleliae de Candolle; Solidago dumetorum Lunell; Solidago gigantea Aiton subsp. serotina (Kuntze) McNeill; Solidago gigantea Aiton var. leiophylla Fernald; Solidago gigantea Aiton var. pitcheri (Nuttall) Shinners; Solidago gigantea Aiton var. serotina (Kuntze) Cronquist; Solidago gigantea Aiton var. shinnersii Beaudry; Solidago glabra Desfontaines; Solidago pitcheri Nuttall; Solidago serotina Aiton, non Retzius; Solidago serotina Aiton forma huntingdonensis Beaudry; Solidago serotina Aiton var. minor Hooker; Solidago serotina Aiton var. gigantea (Aiton) A. Gray; Solidago serotinoides A. Löve & D. Löve; Solidago shinnersii (Beaudry) Beaudry; Solidago somesii Rydberg; Solidago ×leiophallax Friesner
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-awadachi-sou (オオアワダチソウ, 大泡立草 [meaning: large frothy flowers weed])
(English common name) giant goldenrod, smooth goldenrod, tall goldenrod
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA
Habitat Field, roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=18, 36, 54
Description Plants electing 50-150cm tall. Leaves 10-15cm long, 1.5-2cm wide. Flowers yellow heads 6-7mm across, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Solidago gigantea Aiton
Solidago gigantea Aiton
Solidago gigantea Aiton
Solidago gigantea Aiton
Process for preparation of .beta.-bourbonene (US Patent 4089764/1978)
Herbicidal composition comprising glyphosate and 1-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)-3-(3-trifluoromethyl-2-pyridylsulfonyl)u rea (US Patent 5434123/1995)
Extraction of rubber or rubberlike substances from fibrous plant materials (US Patent 4136131/1979)
Process for the controlled partition of guayule resin (US Patent 4739038/1988)
Benzamide derivatives and plant growth regulants containing them (US Patent 5043006/1989)
Tetrahydrophthalimide derivatives and their use as herbicides (US Patent 5466663/1995)
Herbicidal composition comprising glufosinate and a heterocyclic sulfonylurea herbicide (US Patent 5391539/1995)
Iminothiazoline derivatives and herbicides containing them as active ingredients (US Patent 5521145/1996)
Pyrimidin-4-one derivatives, their intermediates for their production and processes for producing these compounds (US Patent 6100257/2000)
Hypoallergenic natural rubber latex and a process for making the same (US Patent 6054525/2000)
Herbicidal composition (US Patent 6037310/2000)
Pyridazinone derivatives (US Patent 6187920/2001)
Pyrimidinone derivatives and herbicides containing them (US Patent 6191070/2001)
Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6537948/2003)
Aqueous pesticidal composition (US Patent 6583087/2003)
Pyridazin-3-one derivatives, their use and intermediates for their production (US Patent 6869913/2005)
Extraction and fractionation of biopolymers and resins from plant materials (US Patent 7259231/2007)
Herbicide composition (US Patent 7205260/2007)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced as a garden plant).



July 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden



July 2008
at Hokkaido University
Botanical Garden