Common Names: Canada Goldenrod, Meadow Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

USDA lists 5 varieties while ITIS and eFloras list two sometimes difficult-to-distinguish varieties with greatly overlapping ranges varieties.
var. canadensis: Mid to proximal stems glabrous or sparsely hairy
var. hargeri: (Harger's Goldenrod) Mid to proximal stems moderately hairy

USDA list two varieties found in WA:
var. gilvocanescens: (Shorthair Goldenrod)
var. salebrosa: (Rough Canada Goldenrod) (non-native, disturbed soils, pyramid shaped flower cluster)

Note many stem lance shaped leaves with teeth and club shaped cluster of yellow flowers.

west North Cascades
TRAIL: Green Mt.
HABITAT: open meadow
ELEVATION: 1,445 m (4,745 ft);
BLOOM TIME: 19-JUL 2015