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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago rigidiuscula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago rigidiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. rigidiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago rigidiuscula
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sori4_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_speciosa_rigidiuscu
October
Heads not secund, in usually dense, sometimes open, elongate arrays, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago rigidiuscula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago rigidiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. rigidiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago rigidiuscula
3861
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: limestone barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia & possibly the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved
Leaves may be either basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger and petiolate) or chiefly on the stem
Alternate (basal present or absent at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences or in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Achene
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