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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
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)
Solidago altissima
COMMON NAME:
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm120825_005
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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JK Marlow jkm120825_998
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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JK Marlow jkm140907_474
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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JK Marlow jkm140907_476b
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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JK Marlow jkm140907_478
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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JK Marlow jkm140907_481
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140907_483
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm140907_501b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves moderately to densely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140913_709
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves more than 2x long as wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.