Solidago virgaurea

Solidago virgaurea
	Solidago virgaurea minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. virgaurea
Binomial name
	Solidago virgaurea; L.
Synonyms
	Synonymy Aster virgaurea (L.) Kuntze ; Dectis decurrens Raf. ; Doria virgaurea Scop. ; Solidago cantoniensis Lour. ; Solidago corsica (Rouy) A.W.Hill ; Solidago minor Mill. ; Solidago nudiflora Viv. ; Solidago pygmaea Bertol. ; Solidago vulgaris Lam. ; Aster minutus (L.) Kuntze, syn of subsp. alpestris ; Solidago armena Kem.-Nath. ex Grossh., syn of subsp. armena ; Solidago japonica Kitam., syn of subsp. asiatica ; Solidago calcicola (Fernald) Fernald, syn of var. calcicola ; Solidago caucasica Kem.-Nath., syn of subsp. caucasica ; Solidago dahurica Kitag., syn of subsp. dahurica ; Solidago gebleri Juz., syn of subsp. dahurica ; Solidago insularis Kitam., syn of subsp. insularis ; Solidago jailarum Juz., syn of subsp. jailarum ; Solidago lapponica With., syn of subsp. lapponica ; Solidago macrorrhiza Lange, syn of subsp. macrorrhiza ; Solidago alpestris Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd., syn of subsp. minuta ; Solidago cambrica Huds., syn of subsp. minuta ; Solidago minuta L., syn of subsp. minuta ; Solidago stenophylla (G.E.Schultz) Tzvelev, syn of subsp. stenophylla ; Solidago talyschensis Tzvelev, syn of subsp. talyschensis ; Solidago taurica Juz., syn of subsp. taurica ; Solidago turfosa Woronow ex Grossh., syn of subsp. turfosa ;

Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod or woundwort) is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia (China, Russia, India, Turkey, Kazakhstan, etc.).^[2]^[3]^[4] It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.

Solidago virgaurea is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall, with a branching underground caudex and a woody rhizome. It produces arrays of numerous small yellow flower heads at the top of the stem.^[3]

Subspecies and varieties^[1]

Solidago virgaurea subsp. alpestris (Waldst. & Kit.) Gremli
Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara
Solidago virgaurea var. calcicola Fernald
Solidago virgaurea subsp. caucasica (Kem.-Nath.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag.
Solidago virgaurea subsp. gigantea (Nakai) Kitam.
Solidago virgaurea var. insularis (Kitam.) Hara
Solidago virgaurea subsp. jailarum (Juz.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorrhiza (Lange) Nyman
Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang.
Solidago virgaurea subsp. stenophylla (G.E.Schultz) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. talyschensis (Tzvelev) Sennikov
Solidago virgaurea subsp. taurica (Juz.) Tzvelev
Solidago virgaurea subsp. turfosa (Woronow ex Grossh.) Greuter
Solidago virgaurea subsp. virgaurea
Solidago virgaurea var. virgaurea

Medicinal uses

This plant was cultivated in the Arab world, who used it in their medical system. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was used in Europe to heal wounds. It has astringent, diuretic, antiseptic and other properties.

Modern herbalists also use it to treat catarrh and kidney stones.^[5] It is blended with other tonic herbs to cleanse or "flush" the kidneys and bladder, either as part of a healing fast, or to treat cystitis. In the case of a fast, it is made into a combined tincture as noted, taken with a supporting blend of herbal teas, and grape or watermelon juice is drunk through the day, alternating with Potassium broth.

References

^ ^a ^b The Plant List, Solidago virgaurea L.
^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Verga d'oro comune, Solidago virgaurea L. includes photos and European distribution map
^ ^a ^b Flora of China, Solidago dahurica (Kitagawa) Kitagawa ex Juzepczuk, 1959. 兴安一枝黄花 xing an yi zhi huang hua
^ United States Department of Agriculture, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
^ Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987), p.145.

External links

This Astereae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[e-1] The Plant List, Solidago virgaurea L.

[2] Altervista Flora Italiana, Verga d'oro comune, Solidago virgaurea L. includes photos and European distribution map

[p-3] Flora of China, Solidago dahurica (Kitagawa) Kitagawa ex Juzepczuk, 1959. 兴安一枝黄花 xing an yi zhi huang hua

[4] United States Department of Agriculture, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)

[5] Howard, Michael. Traditional Folk Remedies (Century, 1987), p.145.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]