Allergen:
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Goldenrod, European |
Scientific name:
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Solidago virgaurea L. |
Family name latin:
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Asteraceae |
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| Description: |
Reaching a height of up to 20 - 100 cm, this perennial plant has elongated, alternate, undivided and serrated leaves, a 7 - 8 mm long flowerhead, 10 - 15 mm in diameter and with 5 - 8 yellow ligulate ray flowers in dense, upright, pyramid-shaped, secundiflorous, nodding panicles; entomogamous and autogamous; flowering season : VII - X; as a drug its effect is diuretic, spasmolytic and hypotensive ;
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| Occurence: |
Only scattered in the Northwest, otherwise widespread in sparse forests, on moors and pastures;
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| Related species: |
Occuring in two subspecies; furthermore: Solidago canadensis L., Canada goldenrod; frequent and widespread, introduced from North America, in the forests of river valleys, bank brush and rubblefields (VII - X); Solidago gigantea Ait. Var. Serotina (Ait.) Cronquist, Riesen-Goldrute; like previous species (XIII - X);
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| Allergy trigger: |
Pollen, approx. 25 µm;
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalative (July - October);
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| Allergology: |
Since it does not belong to the anemogamous pollination type, the pollen concentration in the air can only be small; as a result, the allergological relevance is only slight; a cross-reactivity to other composites is assumed.
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| Clinical relevance: |
light
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