Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solidago velutina subsp. californica (Nutt.) Semple [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Solidago velutina DC.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
california goldenrod	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
solidago californica whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aster californicus (Nutt.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 314 (1891).
Solidago californica Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 328 (1840).
Solidago californica var. aperta L.F.Hend. Rhodora 32: 28 (1930).
Solidago puberula Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 502 (1831), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aster californicus (Nutt.)Kuntze	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Solidago californica	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Solidago californica Nutt.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Solidago velutina DC. subsp. californica (Nutt.) Semple	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Solidago velutina subsp. californica (Nutt.) Semple	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)

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