Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solidago canadensis L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Solidago canadensis var. canadensis

Solidago canadensis var. hargeri Fernald

Solidago canadensis var. scabra (Muhl. ex Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
canada goldenrod	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
canadian goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gewöhnliche kanadische goldrute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goldenrod	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
goldrutenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
kanadensiskt gullris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marelin	Other	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
solidaginis herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
verge d'or du canada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aster canadensis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 317 (1891).
Doria canadensis (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 43 (1917).
Solidago glabra subsp. canadensis (L.) Bonnier Fl. Ill. France 5: 70 (1922), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solidago canadensis	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Solidago canadensis L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Solidago canadensis L. var. canadensis	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Solidago canadensis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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