Solidago virgaurea L.

Solidago virgaurea, the European goldenrod or woundwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant of the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe as well as North Africa and northern, central, and southwestern Asia. It is grown as a garden flower with many different cultivars. It flowers profusely in late summer.

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Synonyms 45

Amphirhapis pubescens, Aster minutus, Aster virgaurea, Doria virgaurea, Solidago alpestris, Solidago ambigua, Solidago arenaria, Solidago armena, Solidago cambrica, Solidago capitata, Solidago carpathica, Solidago caucasica, Solidago chrysantha, Solidago corsica, Solidago ericetorum, Solidago flexuosa, Solidago granatensis, Solidago jailarum, Solidago japonica, Solidago lancastriensis, Solidago lapponica, Solidago laxa, Solidago macrorhiza, Solidago minuta, Solidago nepalensis, Solidago nudiflora, Solidago occitanea, Solidago pygmaea, Solidago reticulata, Solidago rupicola, Solidago saulii, Solidago stenophylla, Solidago talyschensis, Solidago taurica, Solidago turfosa, Solidago valesiaca, Solidago virga, Solidago vulgaris, Virgaurea broccenbergensis, Solidago lapponica subsp. stenophylla, Solidago virgaurea subsp. alpestris, Solidago virgaurea subsp. fallit-tirones, Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorhiza, Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta, Solidago virgaurea subsp. nudiflora

606,941 GBIF occurrences
40,264 iNaturalist observations

Conservation status code

Conservation: status label

Least Concern

Conservation: population trend

Unknown

Conservation: year assessed

2026

IUCN Red List page

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/200513/209162667

Habitats

IUCN: population narrative

Population figures for the species are not available nor are precise trend data. It is noted to be in decline in some areas (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 2023), but given the species' wide range and high ecological amplitude, it is unlikely that such declines could come close to meeting thresholds for listing under a threatened status.

IUCN: habitat narrative

European Goldenrod is a perennial herb found in dry places on calcareous or acid soils occurring in lowland habitats such as woods, heaths, hedgebanks, coastal cliff tops and montane or upland habitats such as cliff ledges, rocks, by waterfalls in tall herb communities in gullies and montane grass heath (Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland 2023, Blamey and Grey-Wilson 2003).

IUCN: threats narrative

No threats to the species are known at this time.

IUCN: conservation narrative

The species is listed as Least Concern in Denmark (NERI 2007), Estonia (eLurikkus 2023), Luxembourg (Colling 2005), Norway (Solstad et al. 2021), Switzerland (Moser et al. 2002) and the United Kingdom (Stroh et al. 2014). The species occurs in numerous protected areas, including Natura 2000 sites (UNEP-WCMC and IUCN 2023). The species is included in 89 ex situ germplasm collections (EURISCO 2023).

IUCN: rationale

European regional assessment: Least Concern (LC) EU 27 regional assessment: Least Concern (LC)This species is classified as Least Concern due to its widespread distribution and an absence of major threats. The overall European population trend is unknown, however, the extinction risk for this species is very low.

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