Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago aestivalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
A recent split off of the S. rugosa complex, and very poorly known. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Sorrie provides a detailed comparison of S. aestivalis to Solidago latissimifolia and to the S. rugosa complex in "Solidago aestivalis in the Carolinas" (a PDF).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a?:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rugosa var. sphagnophila
COMMON NAME:
Peat-loving Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago aestivalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029a?:
Solidago rugosa var. rugosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rugosa var. sphagnophila
4371
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
Look for it in sandhill seeps, mountain bogs, other saturated and sphagnous habitats, 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!