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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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This stately goldenrod grows 3-8 feet tall and has very short-hairy (puberulent) stems and leaf undersides. Leaves are numerous, elliptical, short pointed or blunt, and... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago petiolaris
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-004:
Solidago petiolaris FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago harperi
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago milleriana
COMMON NAME:
Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod
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May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7465
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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July Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves tend to be similar in shape and size along the entire stem, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Outer phyllaries with squarrose tips, per Weakley's Flora.
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September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7344
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200920_7346
September Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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September Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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September Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Stems stout, finely puberulent or scabrous-puberulent at least distally, per Flora of North America.
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September Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_764
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Pappus of capillary bristles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence predominantly axillary, w well-developed lvs at least lower part, per Weakley's Flora.
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
There are 5-8 rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151009_386
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaf margins entire to shallowly serrate on only the upper 1/2 to 2/3, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm151009_389
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151009_392
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, acute at the apex, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7458
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Narrow panicles, or by branching forming several virgately arranged panicles, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago petiolaris
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-004:
Solidago petiolaris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago harperi
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago milleriana
3399
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved
Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Stem leaves sessile to short-petiolate
Margins entire or few-toothed
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p275
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p293
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p203
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