Southern Racemose Goldenrod

Solidago arenicola

Native status unresolved in Kentucky

Ecological relationships

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110CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Solidago

Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Agrotis vetustaOld Man Dart
Alsophila pometariaFall Cankerworm Moth
Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Ancylis floridanaStrawberry Leafroller
Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth

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Bucculatrix angustataNarrow Bucculatrix
Catabena lineolataFine-Lined Sallow
Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Cisseps fulvicollisYellow-Collared Scape Moth
Clepsis clemensianaClemens' Clepsis
Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
Cremastobombycia solidaginisGoldenrod Leafminer
Ctenoplusia oxygrammaSharp-Stigma Looper Moth
Cucullia asteroidesThe Asteroid, Asteroid Paint, Goldenrod Hooded Owlet
Cucullia convexipennisBrown Hooded Owlet, Calico Paint
Cucullia floreaGray Hooded Owlet
Cucullia speyeriSpeyer's Cucullia, Speyer's Paint
Diachrysia aereoidesDark-Spotted Looper Moth
Dichomeris aleatrixBuffy Dichomeris Moth
Dichomeris bilobellaBilobed Dichomeris Moth
Dichomeris flavocostellaCream-Edged Dichomeris
Dichomeris inserrataIndented Dichomeris
Dichomeris juncidellaOrange-Dotted Dichomeris
Dichomeris nonstrigellaLittle Devil, The Little Devil
Dichomeris ochripalpellaShining Dichomeris Moth
Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
Epiblema otiosanaBidens Borer Moth
Epiblema scudderianaScudder's Epiblema, Goldenrod Gall Moth
Epiblema tripartitanaThree-Parted Epiblema
Episimus argutanaSumac Leaftier
Eucosma ochroterminanaBuff-Tipped Phaneta
Eucosma raracanaReddish Eucosma, Reddish Phaneta
Euphydryas phaetonThe Baltimore, The Black Checker
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Eupsilia deviaLost Sallow
Eusarca confusariaConfused Eusarca
Evora hemidesmaSpirea Leaftier
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Gnorimoschema gallaeasterellaGoldenrod Gall Moth
Gnorimoschema gallaesolidaginisGoldenrod Gall Moth
Gnorimoschema jocelynaeX
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Hellinsia kellicottiiGoldenrod Borer Plume Moth
Herpetogramma aeglealisSerpentine Webworm
Herpetogramma pertextalisBold-Feathered Grass Moth
Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
Lacinipolia meditataThe Thinker
Leuconycta diphteroidesGreen Leuconycta
Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
Melanchra assimilisBlack Arches
Nephelodes miniansBronzed Cutworm
Orthodes cynicaCynical Quaker, Cynical Groundcat
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Ostrinia obumbratalisSmartweed Borer
Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
Papaipema rutilaMayapple Borer
Pelochrista cataclystianaSolidaga Eucosma, Solidaga Pelochrista
Pelochrista derelictaDerelict Eucosma
Pelochrista dorsisignatanaTriangle-Backed Eucosma
Pelochrista robinsonanaRobinson's Pelochrista, Robinson's Eucosma
Pelochrista similianaSimilar Eucosma
Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Pseudeustrotia carneolaPink-Barred Lithacodia, Pink-Barred Pseudeustrotia
Schinia nundinaGoldenrod Flower Moth
Sonia canadanaCanadian Sonia Moth
Sonia constrictanaConstricted Sonia
Sparganothis distinctaDistinct Sparganothis
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
Tricholita notataX
Tricholita signataSignate Quaker, Signate Groundcat
Trichordestra legitimaStriped Garden Caterpillar Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Utetheisa ornatrixOrnate Moth, Pink Underwing, Rattlebox Moth, Bella Moth
Xanthotype urticariaFalse Crocus Geometer
Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
Xestia smithiiSmith's Dart
Zale lunataLunate Zale
Astrotischeria solidagonifoliella
Bucculatrix magnella
Bucculatrix solidaginiella
Dichomeris agonia
Dichomeris euprepes
Dichomeris levisella
Epiblema desertana
Epiblema obfuscana
Epiblema resumptana
Hahncappsia marculenta
Hellinsia lacteodactylus
Helvibotys helvialis
Isophrictis similiella
Xenotemna pallorana

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

36Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Solidago

Andrena asteris
Andrena braccata
Andrena canadensis
Andrena chromotricha
Andrena fulvipennis
Andrena hirticincta
Andrena nubecula
Andrena placata
Andrena simplex
Calliopsis coloradensis

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Colletes americanus
Colletes compactus
Colletes rufocinctus
Colletes simulans
Colletes solidaginis
Colletes speculiferus
Colletes thysanellae
Dianthidium simile
Megachile inimica
Megachile xylocopoides
Melissodes coreopsis
Melissodes dentiventris
Melissodes druriellus
Melissodes fumosus
Melissodes illatus
Melissodes niveus
Melissodes trinodis
Perdita boltoniae
Perdita bruneri
Perdita laticincta
Perdita octomaculata
Perdita swenki
Protandrena aestivalis
Protandrena andrenoides
Protandrena citripes
Protandrena compositarum

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Solidago

Centrocercus urophasianusGreater Sage-Grouse
Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae
Flower color: Yellow

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Yellow” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Height · “Up to about 2.66667 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Light · “Full sun (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia
Soil · “Dry; Moist; Wet (documented habitat)” · FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team) · Carolinas and Georgia

Also known as

Southern Racemose Goldenrod

Conservation status

Kentucky rank	Not available
Global rank	Not available
KY status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

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