Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago arguta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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The inflorescence is narrowly triangular in outline, with lower and middle branches curving out and down. The very similar S. vaseyi can be told by its smaller and narrower leaves, less leafy appearance in general, and by its long and slender branches, giving the inflorescence a much more open aspect. However, individual specimens and populations can be problematic to differentiate. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago arguta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of Solidago sect. Argutae (Asteraceae: Astereae) (Semple et al., 2021)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago arguta ssp. arguta var. arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Solidago arguta ssp. arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-017?:
Solidago arguta FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago arguta
COMMON NAME:
Forest Goldenrod, Sharp-leaved Goldenrod, Cutleaf Goldenrod
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Month Unknown NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Panicle about as broad as long, its branches bearing recurved, second heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago arguta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago arguta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A multivariate study of Solidago sect. Argutae (Asteraceae: Astereae) (Semple et al., 2021)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago arguta ssp. arguta var. arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Solidago arguta ssp. arguta
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-017?:
Solidago arguta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago arguta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago arguta
1413
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, woodland borders, bluffs, sloped forests, road margins or cut-over woods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal rosettes evergreen?
Simple
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Basal rosette & alternate
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p265
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p446
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p289
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p204
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