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Chrysoma has a growth habit unlike any other shrub east of Texas, southwestern United States, and Mexico. From a trunk-like base, numerous branches ascend, forming a flat-topped shrub 3-5 dm tall. Each branch has a cluster of evergreen leaves restricted to its terminal few cm, the internodes very short (a few mm at most). In summer, some of the woody branches produce terminal, deciduous, flowering branches, which elongate rapidly, the leaves widely spaced, reaching a height of a meter or more. Following flowering and fruiting, the deciduous branches die back to the summit of the woody branches. The leaves are gray-green, rather thick-textured, and finely reticulate, the reticulations giving an appearance rather like anole skin. The midrib is prominent below, almost invisible on the upper surface, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-039:
Solidago pauciflosculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

COMMON NAME:
Woody Goldenrod, Bush Goldenrod

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Chrysoma pauciflosculosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-039:
Solidago pauciflosculosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

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