Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solidago gigantea Aiton [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
early goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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)
goldrutenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
höstgullris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
riesen-goldrute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
smooth goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
solidaginis herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
späte goldrute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tall goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
verge d'or géante	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)
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 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solidago serotina Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 211 (1789), nom. illeg.
Aster latissimifolius var. serotinus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 314 (1891).
Doria dumerorum (Lunell) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 43 (1917).
Doria pitcheri (Nutt.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 43 (1917).
Solidago cleliae DC. Prodr. 5: 331 (1836).
Solidago deflexa Moench Methodus: 599 (1794).
Solidago dumetorum Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 57 (1911).
Solidago fragrans A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 156 (1884).
Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla Fernald Rhodora 41: 457 (1939), nom. superfl.
Solidago gigantea var. pitcheri (Nutt.) Shinners Rhodora 55: 322 (1953).
Solidago gigantea subsp. serotina (Kuntze) McNeill Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 280 (1973).
Solidago gigantea var. serotina (Kuntze) Cronquist Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 5: 306 (1955).
Solidago gigantea var. shinnersii Beaudry Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 5: 168 (1963).
Solidago glabra Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 402 (1829), nom. illeg.
Solidago pitcheri Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 101 (1834).
Solidago sera J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(2): 1236 (1792).
Solidago serotina var. dumertorum (Aiton) A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 196 (1882).
Solidago serotina var. gigantea (Aiton) A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 196 (1882).
Solidago serotina f. huntingdonensis Beaudry Naturaliste Canad. 97: 41 (1970).
Solidago serotina var. minor Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 2 (1834).
Solidago serotinoides Á.Löve & D.Löve Taxon 31: 358 (1982).
Solidago shinnersii (Beaudry) Beaudry Naturaliste Canad. 101: 932 (1974).
Solidago somesii Rydb. Brittonia 1: 101 (1931).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solidago gigantea	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Solidago gigantea Ait	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Solidago gigantea Ait.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Solidago gigantea Aiton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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 serotina Aiton	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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