Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Euthamia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Slender Flattop Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euthamia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Euthamia caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Euthamia tenuifolia var. microcephala
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Euthamia tenuifolia
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-038:
Solidago microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Solidago tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euthamia minor
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Goldentop, Slender Flattop Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eumi6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eute7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm081009_104
October Dorchester County SC
Euthamia has flat-topped inflorescences & fine glandular dots on its leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm081009_121
October Dorchester County SC
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JK Marlow jkm081009_125
October Dorchester County SC
Leaves linear, 2-7cm long, 1-3mm wide, glabrous, 1-veined, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_804
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Euthamia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Euthamia caroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Euthamia caroliniana
INCLUDING
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Euthamia tenuifolia var. microcephala
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Euthamia tenuifolia
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-038:
Solidago microcephala
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Solidago tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Euthamia minor
2288
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon to rare in Piedmont)
Habitat: pine savannas, moist forests, ditches, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in corymbose inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p074
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p278
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p112
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p060