What is Goldenrod?
{{taxobox |name = Goldenrod |image = Solidago canadensis 20050815 248.jpg |image_caption = Canadian Goldenrod (''Solidago canadensis'') |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Asterales]] |familia = [[Asteraceae]] |tribus = [[Astereae]] |genus = '''''Solidago''''' |genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. |}} '''Goldenrods''' are any of the about 150 species of [[weed]]y [[herb]]s that make up the [[genus]] '''''Solidago'''''. Handling the goldenrod many times can make some people have [[allergy|allergies]]. Because of this, some [[florist]]s change their jobs.<ref>{{citation |pmid= 9534922 |date=Feb 1998 |author= De, Jong, Nw; Vermeulen, Am; Gerth, Van, Wijk, R; De, Groot, H |title= Occupational allergy caused by flowers |volume= 53 |issue=2 |pages= 204–9 |issn= 0105-4538 |journal= Allergy |doi=10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03872.x |s2cid=41094680 }}</ref> Parts of goldenrods are eaten by humans.<ref>[http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/goldenrod/notes.htm Edibility of Goldenrod] Retrieved on March 12, 2010</ref> They are also eaten by many [[species]] of [[Lepidoptera]]. ==Species== [[File:Solidago gigantea01.jpg|thumb|Giant Goldenrod (''Solidago gigantea'')]] [[File:Bombus cryptarum - Solidago virgaurea - Keila2.jpg|thumbnail|[[European goldenrod]] is pollinated by ''Bombus cryptum'']] *''[[Solidago albopilosa]]'' <small>E.L. Braun</small> – Whitehair Goldenrod *''[[Solidago altiplanities]]'' <small>C.E.S. Taylor & R.J. Taylor</small> – High Plains Goldenrod *''[[Solidago altissima]]'' <small>L.</small> – Canada Goldenrod *''[[Solidago arguta]]'' <small>Aiton</small> – Atlantic Goldenrod *''[[Solidago auriculata]]'' <small>Shuttlw. ex S.F. Blake</small> – Eared Goldenrod *''[[Solidago bicolor]]'' <small>L.</small> – White Goldenrod *''[[Solidago brachyphylla]]'' <small>Chapm. ex Torr. & A. Gray</small> – Dixie Goldenrod *''[[Solidago buckleyi]]'' <small>Torr. & A.