OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago rugosa

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

Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. villosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Solidago rugosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a:

Solidago rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Solidago rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Solidago rugosa var. villosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod


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image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

Alan S. Weakley    asw_23268557

April    Cumberland County    NC

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

Alan S. Weakley    asw_7575389

August    Essex County    NY

Adirondack Park

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7358

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

A curving panicle of branchlets lined with yellow florets, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7359

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves relatively thin, not very rugose, usually sharply serrate, apices acuminate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7363

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7366

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Mid-stem leaves widest below the middle, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7367

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7368

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Herbage sparsely to moderately relatively soft-hairy, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200926_7369

September    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0240

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Rays florets 4-13, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0243

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago rugosa var. rugosa, Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm181119_5929

November    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Stems from elongated creeping rhizomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. villosa

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Solidago rugosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rugosa var. villosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1430

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, forests, wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves pinnately veined (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 leaves 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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