Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago faucibus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago faucibus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago faucibus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago faucibus
COMMON NAME:
Gorge Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm090425_018
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090425_021
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Rhizome.
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JK Marlow jkm070927_006
September Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
This is said to have the largest flowers of any of our Goldenrods.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmseastatoensis_0
September Pickens County SC
The SC populations have a different polyploid derivation than S. faucibus s.s., per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmseastatoensis_2
September Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmseastatoensis_5
September Pickens County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsfaucibus_0
September?
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0536
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0537
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Basal & proximal leaf blades ovate, abruptly tapering to winged petioles, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0538
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Leaves abaxially glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0542
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Mid to distal cauline subsessile to sessile, progressively reduced distally, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm221103_0543
November Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Basal and proximal leaves present at flowering, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago faucibus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago faucibus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago faucibus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago faucibus
2329
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
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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