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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago plumosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)

Solidago plumosa

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

Solidago plumosa

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

Solidago plumosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Yadkin River Goldenrod


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image of Solidago plumosa, Yadkin River Goldenrod

David Campbell    mdc_solidago_plumosa_1

September    Stanly County    NC

Leaves basally disposed, the inflorescence branches not secund, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Solidago plumosa, Yadkin River Goldenrod

David Campbell    mdc_solidago_plumosa_2

September    Stanly County    NC

Basal leaf blades linear to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapering to petioles, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago plumosa, Yadkin River Goldenrod

David Campbell    mdc_solidago_plumosa_3

September    Stanly County    NC

Flower heads in paniculiform arrays with ascending branches, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago plumosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)
Solidago plumosa

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4172

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In crevices of outcrops in rocky, flood-scoured riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare (an endemic), known only from the gorge of the Yadkin River in c. NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate

Mostly basal, with some reduced alternate
Basal leaves have petioles; stem leaves may be sessile.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 3-6 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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