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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Solidago at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago altissima var. 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:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soal6_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm200623_5968
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm140831_133
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
S. altissima is the goldenrod that usually has mid-to-upper stem ball galls, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm140831_135
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Short hairs can give fresh plants a gray-green tone not seen in S. canadensis, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm140909_567
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_571
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_573
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140909_574
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Mid-stem leaves entire to serrulate, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_578
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Distinguished by short-hairy pubescence on stems & leaves, upper lvs entire, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_579
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Leaves moderately to densely pubescent across the lower surface, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140909_580
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140917_802
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Upper stem leaves entire, thicker than the serrate upper lvs of S canadensis, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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Tim Spira tpssaltissima2
September
Flowers in an erect, broad, pyramid-shaped panicle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn10_s_altissima
October
This is the most common goldenrod of the Great Plains & e. North America, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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JK Marlow jkm201002_7533
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211002_3995
October Greenville County SC
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm211012_4217
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsattissima_0
Month Unknown
Stems are 0.8-2m tall from a creeping rhizome, forming colonies, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago altissima var. altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago altissima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Solidago altissima ssp. altissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago altissima var. 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
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p265
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p176?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p408
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p448
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p288
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p110?
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p115
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p328?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p380?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p442
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p205?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p250