Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Compare and contrast Appalachian Goldenrod with Curtis's and Bluestem Goldenrods at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:
Solidago caesia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago latissimifolia
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0076
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Flowering heads in small clusters in the axils of many of the stem leaves, and also terminally, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0081
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves average 2.5-3× long as wide, cuneate to a sessile base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0086
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Stem striate-angled, green, glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Betsy George bmg102322_0457
October Greenville County SC
Heads in short axillary & terminal racemiform/paniculiform, non-secund arrays. Rays 2-4(-6), per Flora of North America.
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Betsy George bmg102322_0460
October Greenville County SC
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Betsy George bmg102322_0463
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:
Solidago caesia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago latissimifolia
4285
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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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 leaves absent or withered at flowering)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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