Determined as Solidago serotina Ait. 1789. Hort. Kew. 3: 211 according to the botanical keys provided by Gajić in Josifović (1975); Solidago gigantea subsp. serotina (O. Kuntze) McNeill, Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc.67: 280 (1973) according to McNeill in Tutin et al. (1976). According to The Euro+Med PlantBase this taxon is not accepted at neither species of subspecies level and is considered a synonym of Solidago gigantea Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 211. 1789.
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to North America – Canada to Northeast Mexico; introduced species in Colombia, Europe and part of Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Usually found in riverine vegetation.
Flowering period: Summer: AUG.
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Solidago gigantea. Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8e73f0b3-6e2e-4870-8d99-a7bddf5933ab [Accessed 10.08.2023].
Solidago L. McNeill, J. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 110 – 111.
Rod Solidago L. Gajić, M. in Josifović (1975). Flora SR Srbije VII. Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, Beograd, pp. 13-15.
