Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago 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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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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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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 (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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago 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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in fields, forests, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in well-developed paniculate inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p265?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p170?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p175?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p448?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p294?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p111?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p267?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p329?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p380?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p205?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p187