Plant Details

Accepted name:: Solidago virgaurea L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 14

Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter

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

Solidago virgaurea subsp. centiflora (Velen.) Velen.

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. 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
golden rod	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
golden rod herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
goldenrod	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
goldenrod, european	Other	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
herba solidaginis	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
solidage	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
solidago virgaurea whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
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 Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
virgaurea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
woundwort	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) 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 Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
flowering tops		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	whole or cut, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
flowering aerial parts	Whole or fragmented, dried, flowering aerial parts	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Solidago virgaurea var. vulgaris DC. Prodr. 5: 338 (1836), not validly publ.
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 Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Solidago virgaurea	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) EMA Com. Monog.: Solidago virgaurea, herb. (2007) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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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