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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago puberula var. puberula   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago puberula ssp. puberula

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-009a:

Solidago puberula var. puberula   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago puberula

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Goldenrod


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image of Solidago puberula, Downy Goldenrod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmspuberula_vpubwhites1

Month Unknown    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Minutely hairy throughout. The inflorescence is a narrow terminal panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago puberula var. puberula   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-009a:
Solidago puberula var. puberula   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2333

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, wet meadows, and wet pastures, in dry acid soils in VA and WV, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 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 elongate cylindrical inflorescences that are tapered at both ends

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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