Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Sweet Goldenrod is a rather easy species to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago odora var. odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago odora ssp. odora
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-024:
Solidago odora FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago odora
COMMON NAME:
Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4078
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200530_5381
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200530_5382
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120704_477
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120704_482
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves are dark green, lance-shaped, sessile, to 4" long. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm190726_0283
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1848
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250723_1849
July Greenville County SC
Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve
Rays yellow, 2-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120812_469
August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flower heads on one side of slightly arching branches, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm140801_257
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2523
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem leaves are entire, with 1 prinicpal vein and the odor of anise, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2588
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
The inflorescence is terminal and plume-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2769
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Rhizomes short, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070920_032
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0510e_07
October Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm0510e_32
October Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081101_049
November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
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November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Nutlets 1.5-1.8 mm long, pubescent; pappus 2-3 mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_166
November Edgefield County SC
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago odora var. odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago odora ssp. odora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-024:
Solidago odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago odora
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, especially in dry pinelands, such as sandhills, of the Coastal Plain, inland in dry, fire-maintained sites, such as glades, barrens, and ridgetop pine-oak woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 & lower stem leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p264
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p176
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p170
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p175
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p211
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p269
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p448
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p282
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p11u
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p330
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p381
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p204
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p061
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