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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. pluricephala   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago altissima ssp. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Solidago canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030?:

Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Solidago canadensis var. scabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago hirsutissima

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Tall Goldenrod


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image of Solidago altissima var. pluricephala, Southern Tall Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soal6_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago altissima var. pluricephala, Southern Tall Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211012_4216

October    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Intermediates between var. altissima and var. pluricephala occur..., per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago altissima var. pluricephala, Southern Tall Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211012_4217

October    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Upper stem leaves reduced in size relative to the mid-stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. pluricephala   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-030?:
Solidago altissima   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago hirsutissima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4470

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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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
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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