Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago glomerata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago glomerata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-006:
Solidago glomerata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago glomerata
COMMON NAME:
Skunk Goldenrod, Clustered Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm160503_284
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Fresh leaves thick & rubbery; basal rosettes evergreen, conspicuous in winter, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_34
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
If you smell skunk at high elevations, look around for skunk goldenrod, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm0407w_27
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1547
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
A dense elliptical terminal cluster in addition to the axillary clusters, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1550
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flower heads large, to 5/8" across, in short-stalked, few-flowered clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1551
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1552
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Involucres 6-10mm long, 7-10mm broad; bracts appressed, pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago glomerata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago glomerata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago glomerata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-006:
Solidago glomerata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago glomerata
1422
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation situations, including grassy balds, rock outcrops, heath balds, northern hardwood forests, and spruce-fir forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Uncommon in NC Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Basal rosettes evergreen
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 & basal (basal rosettes present at flowering)
Basal & lower stem leaves taper to long-winged petioles; midstem & above sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences (large showy heads in short-stalked axillary clusters, the inflorescence relatively narrow)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p134
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p291
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p443
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p202
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