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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago tortifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-025:

Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago tortifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Twistleaf Goldenrod, Leafy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Leafy Pinelands Goldenrod


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image of Solidago tortifolia, Twistleaf Goldenrod, Leafy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Leafy Pinelands Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soto2_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago tortifolia, Twistleaf Goldenrod, Leafy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Leafy Pinelands Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm0505t_23

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Its many short narrow steplike leaves are all about the same length (1-3"), generally stalkless, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-025:
Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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1982

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves obscurely 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 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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