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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
In North Carolina, var. aspera is the most widespread and common of the S. rugosa entities. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a?:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago altissima
COMMON NAME:
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Solidago rugosa is highly variable in size, array shape, and hairiness, per Flora of North America.
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Lvs strongly rugose, lanceolate to elliptic, upper not much smaller than lower, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm140907_478
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Involucres narrowly campanulate. Ray florets 5-10, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140907_481
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves moderately to densely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves more than 2x long as wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a?:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago altissima
3489
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, forests, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves pinnately veined (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)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p265?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p170?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p175?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p448?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p294?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p111?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p117
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p329?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p380?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p205?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p187
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