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Common Name:
Bluestem Goldenrod, Wreath Goldenrod, Axillary Goldenrod, Bridal-wreath Goldenrod
Flowers in nearly sessile clusters in upper axils. Stem arching, glaucous, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Solidago caesia var. paniculata
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Common Name:
Curtis's Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Solidago caesia var. curtisii
Clusters of blooms emerge from leaf axils along top half of the erect stem, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Zigzag Goldenrod, Broad-leaved Goldenrod
Flower heads in small, short-stalked clusters in the well-spaced upper axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod
There are 5-8 rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Skunk Goldenrod, Clustered Goldenrod
Flower heads large, to 5/8" across, in short-stalked, few-flowered clusters, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago spithamea
Flower heads in compact corymbs; stem leaves > 1cm wide, upper not clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Silverrod, White Goldenrod
The only Solidago species with white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Downy Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago puberula
Minutely hairy throughout. The inflorescence is a narrow terminal panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Dusty Downy Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago pulverulenta
Stem leaves 50-85 below narrow panicles, usually puberulent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Roan Mountain Goldenrod
The inflorescence is narrow, densely flowered and cylindrical, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Common Name:
Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Solidago speciosa var. erecta
Heads clustered on short divergent lateral branches, not secund, per Flora of North America.
Common Name:
Showy Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. speciosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago conferta
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago harperi
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. rigidiuscula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago rigidiuscula
Heads not secund, in usually dense, sometimes open, elongate arrays, per Flora of North America.
Common Name:
Pine Barren Bog Goldenrod, Northern Wand Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago perlonga
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Common Name:
Carolina Goldenrod, Beautiful Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago pulchra
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago pulchra
Ray flowers 8-13 per head; disk flowers 14-25 per head. Plants to 1m tall, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Southern Seaside Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago sempervirens ssp. mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago mexicana
Common Name:
Northern Seaside Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago sempervirens ssp. sempervirens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago sempervirens
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Common Name:
Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod
Superficially similar to S. odora but with large basal leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Common Name:
Early Goldenrod
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. juncea
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. neobohemica
Stems glabrous [or nearly so]. Flower heads secund, in paniculiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Forest Goldenrod, Sharp-leaved Goldenrod, Cutleaf Goldenrod
Panicle about as broad as long, its branches bearing recurved, second heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago tarda
INCLUDED WITHIN
Solidago arguta var. caroliniana
Common Name:
Boott's Goldenrod, Cutleaf Goldenrod
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago boottii
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Common Name:
Cutleaf Goldenrod, Atlantic Goldenrod, Vasey's Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago arguta ssp. caroliniana var. caroliniana
Panicle about as broad as long, its branches bearing recurved, second heads, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago gracillima
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Common Name:
Southern Bog Goldenrod, Southern Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago austrina
Flowers in a terminal 1-sided inflorescence, often w short arching branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Common Name:
Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod
Common Name:
Bog Goldenrod, Swamp Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago uniligulata
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Common Name:
Granite Dome Goldenrod, Cliffside Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Solidago uliginosa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Solidago gracillima
Flower heads on branches from upper leaf axils, sometimes on only one side, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
Common Name:
Speckled Goldenrod, False Goldenrod, Limestone Goldenrod, Autumn Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Brachychaeta sphacelata
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Common Name:
Yadkin River Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago plumosa
Flower heads in paniculiform arrays with ascending branches, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Gray Goldenrod, Eastern Gray Goldenrod
Heads in terminal plumes, on one side of grayish, finely hairy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Common Name:
Sweet Goldenrod, Licorice Goldenrod, Fragrant Goldenrod
Flower heads on one side of slightly arching branches, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Common Name:
Chapman's Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago chapmanii
Flower heads in paniculiform arrays, openly secund, pyramidal, per Flora of North America.
Common Name:
Leafy Pinelands Goldenrod, Leafy Pineywoods Goldenrod, twistleaf goldenrod
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Common Name:
Hairy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Shaggy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Pine Barren Goldenrod
Heads in panicles about as broad as long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Elmleaf Goldenrod
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Common Name:
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. villosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago rugosa
A curving panicle of branchlets lined with yellow florets, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.
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Common Name:
Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago altissima
Lower lateral branches of inflorescence usually longer than subtending leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. cronquistiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago altissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rugosa var. sphagnophila
Common Name:
Hackberry-leaf Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. celtidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago celtidifolia
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Common Name:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Solidago canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. scabra
Flowers in an erect, broad, pyramid-shaped panicle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago canadensis
Common Name:
Harger's Canada Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. rupestris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago canadensis
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Common Name:
Smooth Goldenrod, Late Goldenrod, Giant Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago serotina
Panicle has numerous spreading floriferous branches; the 10-15 rays showy, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Common Name:
Midwestern Stiff Goldenrod, Hard-leaved Goldenrod, Midwestern Bold Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago rigida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Oligoneuron grandiflorus
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Common Name:
Southeastern Stiff Goldenrod, Southeastern Bold Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Solidago jacksonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Oligoneuron jacksonii
Inflorescence corymbose (rounded); more disk flowers than ray flowers, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
White Prairie-goldenrod, Upland White Aster, Prairie Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago ptarmicoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aster ptarmicoides
Inflorescence corymbose (rounded). Rays white; more disk flowers than rays, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Riddell's Goldenrod
Each head contains 7-9 ray florets and 6-10 disc florets, per Flora of North America.
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Common Name:
Spring-flowering Goldenrod, Spring Goldenrod
Leaves basally disposed, elongate, soft-villous; flowering May-June; rays 7-12, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Eared Goldenrod
An elongate, secund inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Gorge Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago faucibus
This has the largest flowers of any of our Goldenrods.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago hispida
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Euthamia graminifolia
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Common Name:
Marsh Flattop Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Euthamia graminifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Euthamia tenuifolia
Inflorescences flat-topped corymbs; heads with 10-20 flowers, per Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Slender Flattop Goldenrod
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Euthamia tenuifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Euthamia minor
Euthamia has flat-topped inflorescences & fine glandular dots on its leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Common Name:
Mississippi Valley Flat-topped Goldenrod
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago leptocephala
Flower heads small, numerous, in a flat-topped corymb, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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