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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Slender Goldenrod can appear "ordinary" for a goldenrod, but its stems and leaves are smooth (hairless), except for tiny hairs in the inflorescence branches. S. speciosa is similar in the field, but may reach 6', and has a broader, more crowded, and showier inflorescence. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)
Solidago speciosa var. erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:
Solidago erecta FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago erecta
COMMON NAME:
Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soer_001_lvd
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May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
A smooth plant with a narrow, often interrupted, terminal inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
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August Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
Solidago erecta is similar to smaller plants of S. speciosa, per Multivariate Studies of Solidago subsect. Squarrosae: the Solidago speciosa complex (Asteraceae) (Semple et al., 2017).
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September Greenville County SC
Basal & proximal cauline lvs tapering to long winged petioles (quickly reduced), per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Stems are glabrous from the base to near or into the inflorescence, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).
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October Greenville County SC
Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Basal & proximal cauline lvs broadly oblanceolate to obovate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
Heads clustered on short divergent lateral branches in elongate ... arrays, not secund, per Flora of North America.
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October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Heads 1-10 per branch. Ray florets 5-9; laminae 2.5-3.5mm long. Disc florets commonly 6-10, per Flora of North America.
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Arrays sometimes with ascending, straight or arching, elongate branches (like main axis), per Flora of North America.
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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October Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries appressed, strongly unequal, obtuse to rounded, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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November Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)
Solidago speciosa var. erecta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:
Solidago erecta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago erecta
1419
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, old fields, woodland borders, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Alternate, often also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences which are often interrupted (heads on short divergent lateral branches)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p132
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p452
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p290
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p327
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p379
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p203
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