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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Solidago at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Beck et al. (Are Palmer's Elm-Leaf Goldenrod and the Smooth Elm-Leaf Goldenrod Real?, 2021) studied the recognition of var. palmeri and var. ulmifolia and did not find a basis for recognition of two varieties; a controversial decision, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago ulmifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-028:
Solidago ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago ulmifolia
COMMON NAME:
Elmleaf Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago ulmifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-028:
Solidago ulmifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago ulmifolia
1437
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rocky forests and woodlands, especially on mafic and calcareous substrates, moist hammocks (in FL), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p170
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p175
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p446
- 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
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