Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago radula var. radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago radula
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Solidago radula var. stenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-023:
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago radula
COMMON NAME:
Rough Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago radula var. radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago radula
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Solidago radula var. stenolepis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-023:
Solidago radula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago radula
4476
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Habitat: calcareous prairies, dry woodlands, bluffs, glades, and barrens over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
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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 (basal & lower stem leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
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
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