OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Solidago odora   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago odora var. odora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-024:

Solidago odora   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Solidago odora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago odora var. odora   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-024:
 Solidago odora   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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1425

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, especially in dry pinelands, such as sandhills, of the Coastal Plain, inland in dry, fire-maintained sites, such as glades, barrens, and ridgetop pine-oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)

Alternate (basal & lower stem leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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