Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Curtis's Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-002:
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Solidago curtisii var. pubens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago curtisii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pubens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Solidago caesia var. curtisii
COMMON NAME:
Curtis's 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_socu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210824_2999
August Greenville County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_s_curtisii_2946
August Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest
Heads in short axillary and terminal non-secund arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmscurtissii_whiteside1
August-September? Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Clusters of blooms emerge from leaf axils along top half of the erect stem, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmscurtissii_wsm3
August-September? Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm140907_379b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Ray florets 2-4(6), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140907_380
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140907_382
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140907_410c
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Peduncles 2-6 mm, moderately to densely finely strigose; bracteoles 0-3, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150927_174
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150927_175b
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Stem striate-angled, green [not glaucous], glabrous or sparsely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm150927_177
September Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Leaves toothed, sessile, lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptical, tapering, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3257
September Greenville County SC
Stem erect & striate-angled (vs. arching, terete & ungrooved in S. caesia), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm201107_8131
November Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-002:
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Solidago curtisii var. pubens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago curtisii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pubens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Solidago caesia var. curtisii
1418
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont), endemic to the Central & Southern Appalachians
Look for it on moist forested slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
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)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in axillary clusters in the well-spaced upper leaves
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p263
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p139
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p290
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p110
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p327
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p379
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p443
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p201