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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago radula var. radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solidago radula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago radula
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago radula var. radula
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago radula var. stenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-023:
Solidago radula FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago radula
COMMON NAME:
Rough Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sora_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago radula var. radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Solidago radula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago radula
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago radula var. radula
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago radula var. stenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-023:
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago radula
4476
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous prairies, dry woodlands, bluffs, glades, and barrens over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 3-nerved
Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)
Alternate (basal & lower stem leaves usually 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 well-developed paniculiform inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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