Solidago patula var. strictula Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 213. 1842

Plants more slender. Leaves: proximal 150–200 × 50–60 mm; distal numerous, reduced to bracts in arrays, margins usually finely serrate to entire.

Flowering Sep–Oct. Low wet ground, swamp margins, wet meadows; 10–200 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Va.