NameThatPlant.net: Solidago altissima var. altissima

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

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

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

Solidago altissima FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

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

1412

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.

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:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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