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 sphacelata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-021:

Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Heartleaf Goldenrod, False Goldenrod, Limestone Goldenrod, Autumn Goldenrod

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-021:
 Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1434

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: rock outcrops and dry rocky forests, usually over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC) (rare in GA Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate

Basal & alternate (gradually reduced upward)

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

Flower heads in paniculiform inflorescences with heads secund on the branches

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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