Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago jacksonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read how taxonomy affects conservation decision-making from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
In 2020, Weakley transferred Solidago rigida to Oligoneuron. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?) Weakley's Flora (2020)
Oligoneuron jacksonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago rigida ssp. glabrata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-033?:
Solidago rigida FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago rigida var. glabrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago jacksonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oligoneuron jacksonii
COMMON NAME:
Southeastern Stiff Goldenrod, Southeastern Bold Goldenrod
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_rigida_glabrata_9
September
More disk flowers than ray flowers, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_solidago_rigida_2
September
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Eric Ungberg ung_20180907_175416_1
September Granville County NC
Picture Creek Diabase Barrens
Inflorescence corymbose [rounded], per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_solidago_rigida_5
October
Stem leaves sessile, oval, very stiff, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago jacksonii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?)
Weakley's Flora (2020)
Oligoneuron jacksonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oligoneuron rigidum var. glabratum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago rigida ssp. glabrata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-033?:
Solidago rigida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago rigida var. glabrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago jacksonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oligoneuron jacksonii
2290
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Glades, barrens, and prairie-like areas, over mafic (such as diabase) or calcareous (such as calcareous shale) rocks, and in adjacent disturbed areas, such as roadbanks and powerline rights-of-way, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare and scattered throughout its range
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in corymbose inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p274
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p112?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p382?
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