Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago rupestris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rupestris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rupestris
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030?:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. rupestris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Riverbank Goldenrod, Rock Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago rupestris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rupestris
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rupestris
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030?:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. rupestris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago canadensis
3663
Forb
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in crevices in rocky, flood-scoured riversides, 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 3-nerved
Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)
Alternate
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
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