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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago sphacelata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-021:
Solidago sphacelata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brachychaeta sphacelata
COMMON NAME:
Heartleaf Goldenrod, False Goldenrod, Limestone Goldenrod, Autumn 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_brsp3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4505
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4507
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0082
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Leaves ovate, acute to acuminate, serrate, long-petiolate or the upper sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220927_0085
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam_0220
September Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Erect to ascending-arching. Flower heads clustered mainly along 1 side of each arching branch, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmssphacelata_0
October Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
The only Solidago of the southern mountains with cordate basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmssphacelata_1
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago sphacelata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-021:
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Brachychaeta sphacelata
1434
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: rock outcrops and dry rocky forests, usually over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in SC) (rare in GA Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Basal & alternate (gradually reduced upward)
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!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p175
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p294
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p329
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p381
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p204
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