About Solidago dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag. ex Juz.
The scientific name covered here is Solidago dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag. ex Juz., which is currently treated as Solidago virgaurea subsp. dahurica (Kitag.) Kitam. Solidago virgaurea, commonly called European goldenrod or woundwort, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa, and northern, central, and southwestern Asia, including regions such as China, Russia, India, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. It is cultivated as a garden flower, and many different cultivars exist. It produces an abundance of flowers in late summer. Solidago virgaurea is a perennial herb that grows up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It has a branching underground caudex and a woody rhizome. Clusters of numerous small yellow flower heads form at the top of the plant's stem. The listed subspecies and varieties of Solidago virgaurea are: Solidago virgaurea subsp. alpestris (Waldst. & Kit.) Gremli, Solidago virgaurea subsp. armena (Grossh.) Greuter, Solidago virgaurea subsp. asiatica Kitam. ex Hara, Solidago virgaurea var. calcicola Fernald, Solidago virgaurea subsp. caucasica (Kem.-Nath.) Greuter, Solidago virgaurea subsp. dahurica (Kitag.) Kitag., Solidago virgaurea subsp. gigantea (Nakai) Kitam., Solidago virgaurea var. insularis (Kitam.) Hara, Solidago virgaurea subsp. jailarum (Juz.) Tzvelev, Solidago virgaurea subsp. lapponica (With.) Tzvelev, Solidago virgaurea subsp. macrorrhiza (Lange) Nyman, Solidago virgaurea subsp. minuta (L.) Arcang., Solidago virgaurea subsp. stenophylla (G.E.Schultz) Tzvelev, Solidago virgaurea subsp. talyschensis (Tzvelev) Sennikov, Solidago virgaurea subsp. taurica (Juz.) Tzvelev, Solidago virgaurea subsp. turfosa (Woronow ex Grossh.) Greuter, Solidago virgaurea subsp. virgaurea, and Solidago virgaurea var. virgaurea. For medicinal uses, in the 15th and 16th centuries, Solidago virgaurea was used in Europe to heal wounds. Its astringent, diuretic, antiseptic and other properties are well documented. Non-clinical data from multiple assessments of Solidago virgaurea conducted by the European Medicines Agency shows the plant has diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, analgesic, spasmolytic, antibacterial, and immunomodulatory activity. However, no single individual ingredient is responsible for these effects, so the whole herbal preparation made from Solidago inflorescences must be considered the active ingredient. Additionally, the clinical relevance of the effects observed in in vitro studies has not been confirmed by clinical trials.
