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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago altissima var. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago altissima ssp. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Solidago canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030:

Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Solidago canadensis var. scabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago hirsutissima

 

COMMON NAME:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soal6_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200623_5968

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140831_133

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

S. altissima is the goldenrod that usually has mid-to-upper stem ball galls, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_567

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_571

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_573

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_574

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Mid-stem leaves entire to serrulate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_579

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves moderately to densely pubescent across the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140909_580

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140917_802

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Upper stem leaves entire, thicker than the serrate upper lvs of S canadensis, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5502

September    Greenville County    SC

Distinguished by short-hairy pubescence on stems & leaves, upper lvs entire, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5503

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm230919_5505

September    Greenville County    SC

Short hairs can give fresh plants a gray-green tone not seen in S. canadensis, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm230922_5583

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

Tim Spira    tpssaltissima2

September        

Flowers in an erect, broad, pyramid-shaped panicle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

Gill Newberry    gn10_s_altissima

October        

This is the most common goldenrod of the Great Plains & e. North America, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm201002_7533

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211002_3995

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago altissima var. altissima, Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmsattissima_0

Month Unknown        

Stems are 0.8-2m tall from a creeping rhizome, forming colonies, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago altissima var. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago hirsutissima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1412

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 3-nerved

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

Alternate

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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