Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:
Solidago caesia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago latissimifolia
COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001?:
Solidago caesia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago latissimifolia
4285
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (an endemic)
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
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 axillary clusters in the well-spaced upper leaves
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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