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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago pinetorum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago pinetorum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago pinetorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-015:
Solidago pinetorum FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pinetorum
COMMON NAME:
Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solidago_pinetorum_1
August Catawba County NC
Upper stem leaves spreading or reflexed, w axillary fascicles of reduced lvs, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solidago_pinetorum_2
August Catawba County NC
Often leaning or arching due to its weakly erect stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_solidago_pinetorum_3
August Catawba County NC
Superficially similar to S. odora but with large basal leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago pinetorum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago pinetorum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago pinetorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-015:
Solidago pinetorum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pinetorum
1427
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, dry pinelands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Common in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple, with axillary fascicles of reduced leaves
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in paniculiform inflorescences with heads secund on the branches
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p181
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p170
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p293
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p135
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