You may also want to look at The Connecticut Botanical Society's guide to New England goldenrods
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-49-029a?:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago altissima
COMMON NAME:
Wrinkle-leaf goldenrod
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August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Lower lateral branches of inflorescence usually longer than subtending leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Lvs strongly rugose, upper not much smaller than lower, lanceolate to elliptic, per Weakley's Flora.
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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
Differs from members of S. canadensis complex in not having 3-nerved leaves, per Flora of North America.
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Involucres narrowly campanulate. Ray florets (4)6-8(12), per Flora of North America.
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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.
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September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves more than 2x long as wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.