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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron riddellii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Oligoneuron riddellii

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

Solidago riddellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Solidago riddellii

 

COMMON NAME:
Riddell's Goldenrod


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image of Solidago riddellii, Riddell's Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sori_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago riddellii, Riddell's Goldenrod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_riddellii_cropped

August        

Larger leaves 0.4-1.6cm wide; leaves acuminate, often folded along the midvein, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Solidago riddellii, Riddell's Goldenrod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_riddellii_cropped_2

September        

Inflorescence corymbose (rounded), per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Solidago riddellii, Riddell's Goldenrod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_o_riddellii_cropped_3

September        

Each head contains 7-9 ray florets and 6-10 disc florets, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron riddellii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oligoneuron riddellii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago riddellii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3741

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet, calcareous prairies, fens, calcareous swamps, calcareous seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves may be either basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger and petiolate) or chiefly on the stem

Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes often present)

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

 

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