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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago flexicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Zigzag Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flexicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Solidago flexicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago flexicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-003:
Solidago flexicaulis FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago flexicaulis
COMMON NAME:
Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sofl2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sofl2_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090405_033
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaf blades ovate, seldom more than twice as long as wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm090405_033b
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Teeth of the leaf margins elongate and narrow, acuminate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090405_033c
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
Leaves abruptly contracted to a winged petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160505_567
May Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160516_743
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm121007_406
October Wythe County VA
New River Trail
Flower heads in small, short-stalked clusters in the well-spaced upper axils, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm121007_413
October Wythe County VA
New River Trail
Has an angled, conspicuously zigzag stem and widely spaced leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm121007_417
October Wythe County VA
New River Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_flexicaulis_2
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago flexicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago flexicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago flexicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago flexicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-003:
Solidago flexicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago flexicaulis
1420
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist wooded slopes, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
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 not 3-nerved
Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)
Alternate & basal rosette
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p263
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p143
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p174
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p450
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p291
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p328
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p379
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p202