OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago mexicana   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago sempervirens complex (Semple et al., 2016a)

Solidago mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-014?:

Solidago sempervirens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago mexicana

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Seaside Goldenrod


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image of Solidago mexicana, Southern Seaside Goldenrod

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231861440054978

July    Georgetown County?    SC

image of Solidago mexicana, Southern Seaside Goldenrod

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_sempervirens_mex

October    Currituck County    NC

image of Solidago mexicana, Southern Seaside Goldenrod

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_sempervirens_mexb

October    Currituck County    NC

Involucres 3-4mm high; rays 7-11; disc flowers ca. 10-16, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago mexicana   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago sempervirens complex (Semple et al., 2016a)
Solidago mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-014?:
Solidago sempervirens   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago mexicana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1431

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal dunes, dune slacks, maritime wet grasslands, tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 3-nerved

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

 

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