...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Gray Goldenrod gets its name from the whitish, very short hairs that cover stems and leaves, giving the plant a grayish-green or pale green color as opposed to bright or dark green color. Read more 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 nemoralis var. nemoralis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-022:
Solidago nemoralis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Gray Goldenrod, Eastern Gray Goldenrod
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August
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September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Heads in terminal plumes, on one side of grayish, finely hairy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
The ray florets are long for a goldenrod, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Short whitish hairs on stems & leaves impart a gray-green/pale green color, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stems obviously densely and loosely puberulent, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Lower leaves including petioles mostly more than 4x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Lower lf blades oblanceolate to narrowly ovate, gradually tapering to petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
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October Greenville County SC
Leaf margins crenate-serrate through half or more of their length, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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October Greenville County SC
Basal & lower stem lvs larger than middle & upper. Inflorescence paniculiform, per Weakley's Flora.