Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solidago virgaurea L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 16

Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter

Solidago virgaurea subsp. caucasica (Kem.-Nath.) Greuter

Solidago virgaurea subsp. centiflora (Velen.) Velen.

Solidago virgaurea subsp. fallit-tirones (Font Quer) Rivas Mart., Fern.Gonz. & Sánchez Mata

Solidago virgaurea subsp. gigantea (Nakai) Kitam.

Solidago virgaurea subsp. jailarum (Juz.) Tzvelev

Solidago virgaurea subsp. kurilensis (Juz.) Vorosch.

Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev

Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorhiza (Lange) Nyman

Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang.

Solidago virgaurea subsp. pineticola Sennikov

Solidago virgaurea subsp. rupicola (Rouy) Lambinon

Solidago virgaurea subsp. talyschensis (Tzvelev) Sennikov

Solidago virgaurea subsp. taurica (Juz.) Tzvelev

Solidago virgaurea subsp. turfosa (Woronow ex Grossh.) Greuter

Solidago virgaurea subsp. virgaurea

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
echte goldrute	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
echtes goldrutenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
european goldenrod	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gewöhnliche goldrute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
goldenrod, european	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
goldrute	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
gullris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herba solidaginis	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
solidage	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
solidaginis extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
solidaginis virgaureae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
solidago	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
solidago virgaurea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
verga d'oro	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
verge d'or	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
virgaurea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
woundwort	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫عصا الذهب‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007)
	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
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 fragmented, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solidago vulgaris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Solidago virga aurea L.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Solidago virgaurea	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Solidago virgaurea L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007) 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) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Solidago virgaurea Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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