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Read more about Silverrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solidago bicolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago bicolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-008:
Solidago bicolor
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Silverrod, White Goldenrod
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JK Marlow jkm080928_102
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Found in dry woods and open places, often in large numbers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm090913_141
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Stems 12-36" tall, soft-hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm090913_144
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf apex acute, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, base cuneate to attenuate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm090913_215
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
It has a stiff wandlike stem and a narrow elongate panicle, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm140907_418
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The only Solidago species with white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.