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Slender Goldenrod can appear "ordinary" for a goldenrod, but its stems and leaves are smooth (hairless), except for tiny hairs in the inflorescence branches. S. speciosa is similar in the field, but may reach 6', and has a broader, more crowded, and showier inflorescence. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Solidago speciosa var. erecta
COMMON NAME:
Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soer_001_lvd
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May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
A smooth plant with a narrow, often interrupted, terminal inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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September Greenville County SC
Basal & proximal cauline lvs tapering to long winged petioles (quickly reduced, per Flora of North America.
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October Oconee County SC
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October Greenville County SC
Stems are glabrous from the base to near or into the inflorescence, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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October Greenville County SC
Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Basal & proximal cauline lvs broadly oblanceolate to obovate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Heads clustered on short divergent lateral branches, not secund, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Heads 1-10 per branch, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Ray florets 5-9. Disc florets commonly 6-10, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Phyllaries in 3-5 series, appressed, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Goldenrod bunch galls?
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve