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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago aestivalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
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 S. 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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago aestivalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
Habitat: sandhill seeps, mountain bogs, other saturated and sphagnous habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves pinnately veined (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
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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