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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago petiolaris

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-004:

Solidago petiolaris   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago harperi

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago milleriana

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod


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image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4700

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7465

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7467

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7484

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm230706_4222

July    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves tend to be similar in shape and size along the entire stem, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7250

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Outer phyllaries with squarrose tips, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7258

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7344

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm200920_7346

September    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0036

September    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0038

September    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Stems stout, finely puberulent or scabrous-puberulent at least distally, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0042

September    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121027_756

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121027_764

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Pappus of capillary bristles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121027_777

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_371

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Inflorescence predominantly axillary, w well-developed lvs at least lower part, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_381

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

There are 5-8 rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_385

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_386

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaf margins entire to shallowly serrate on only the upper 1/2 to 2/3, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_389

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_392

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, acute at the apex, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris, Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm201002_7458

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Narrow panicles, or by branching forming several virgately arranged panicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-004:
Solidago petiolaris   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago harperi

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago milleriana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3399

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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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 leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Stem leaves sessile to short-petiolate
Margins entire or few-toothed

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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