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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Solidago at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago altissima var. altissima
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030:
Solidago altissima FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago hirsutissima
COMMON NAME:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soal6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200623_5968
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140831_133
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
S. altissima is the goldenrod that usually has mid-to-upper stem ball galls, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_567
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_571
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_573
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_574
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Mid-stem leaves entire to serrulate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_579
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves moderately to densely pubescent across the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_580
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140917_802
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Upper stem leaves entire, thicker than the serrate upper lvs of S canadensis, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5502
September Greenville County SC
Distinguished by short-hairy pubescence on stems & leaves, upper lvs entire, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5503
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230919_5505
September Greenville County SC
Short hairs can give fresh plants a gray-green tone not seen in S. canadensis, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230922_5583
September Greenville County SC
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Tim Spira tpssaltissima2
September
Flowers in an erect, broad, pyramid-shaped panicle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn10_s_altissima
October
This is the most common goldenrod of the Great Plains & e. North America, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7533
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211002_3995
October Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsattissima_0
Month Unknown
Stems are 0.8-2m tall from a creeping rhizome, forming colonies, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago altissima var. altissima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago hirsutissima
1412
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p265
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p176?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p408
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p555
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p448
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p288
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p110?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p115
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p328?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p380?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p442
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p205?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p250
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