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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)

Solidago speciosa var. erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:

Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago erecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod


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image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soer_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0294

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120825_993

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

A smooth plant with a narrow, often interrupted, terminal inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

Keith Bradley    kab_solidago_erecta_10547

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

Keith Bradley    kab_solidago_erecta_10556

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

Solidago erecta is similar to smaller plants of S. speciosa, per Multivariate Studies of Solidago subsect. Squarrosae: the Solidago speciosa complex (Asteraceae) (Semple et al., 2017).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120913_806

September    Greenville County    SC

Basal & proximal cauline lvs tapering to long winged petioles (quickly reduced), per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_248

October    Greenville County    SC

Stems are glabrous from the base to near or into the inflorescence, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_251

October    Greenville County    SC

Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_254

October    Greenville County    SC

Basal & proximal cauline lvs broadly oblanceolate to obovate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_036

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm181001_5174

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm181001_5177

October    Greenville County    SC

Heads clustered on short divergent lateral branches in elongate ... arrays, not secund, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm201002_7469

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Heads 1-10 per branch. Ray florets 5-9; laminae 2.5-3.5mm long. Disc florets commonly 6-10, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4602

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4604

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4607

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4623

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4624

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0184

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0186

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0190

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Arrays sometimes with ascending, straight or arching, elongate branches (like main axis), per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0191

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0203

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0205

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Phyllaries appressed, strongly unequal, obtuse to rounded, glabrous, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4939

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4941

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4943

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)
Solidago speciosa var. erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago erecta

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1419

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, old fields, woodland borders, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

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

Alternate, often also basal

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

Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences which are often interrupted (heads on short divergent lateral branches)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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