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



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

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200530_5381

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

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

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120704_482

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaves are dark green, lance-shaped, sessile, to 4" long. — Patrick McMillan

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm190726_0283

July    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120804_151

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Rays yellow, 2-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

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).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140801_257

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

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).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2588

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

The inflorescence is terminal and plume-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210813_2769

August    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Rhizomes short, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm070920_032

September    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm0510e_07

October    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm0510e_32

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm081101_049

November    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm081101_060b

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).

image of Solidago odora, Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

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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1425

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)

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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 & 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

 

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