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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:

Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago latissimifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod


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image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0076

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Flowering heads in small clusters in the axils of many of the stem leaves, and also terminally, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0081

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Leaves average 2.5-3× long as wide, cuneate to a sessile base, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm220927_0086

September    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Stem striate-angled, green, glabrous or sparsely to moderately hairy, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

Betsy George    bmg102322_0457

October    Greenville County    SC

Heads in short axillary & terminal racemiform/paniculiform, non-secund arrays. Rays 2-4(-6), per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

Betsy George    bmg102322_0460

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago flaccidifolia, Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

Betsy George    bmg102322_0463

October    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:
Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4285

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare 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)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

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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