Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Multivariate studies of Solidago subsect. Squarrosae. (Semple, Tong, & Chong, 2017)
Solidago porteri
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago erecta
COMMON NAME:
Porter's Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago porteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Multivariate studies of Solidago subsect. Squarrosae. (Semple, Tong, & Chong, 2017)
Solidago porteri
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago erecta
4469
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Oak savannas, barrens, woodland edges (roadsides), per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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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
Alternate, often also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences which are often interrupted (heads on short divergent lateral branches)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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