...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Sweet Goldenrod is a rather easy species to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Solidago odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago odora var. odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Solidago odora ssp. odora
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-024:
Solidago odora
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago odora
COMMON NAME:
Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod
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April Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves are dark green, lance-shaped, sessile, to 4" long. — Patrick McMillan
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July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Rays yellow, 2-4mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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August Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flower heads on one side of slightly arching branches, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem leaves are entire, with 1 prinicpal vein and the odor of anise, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
The inflorescence is terminal and plume-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Rhizomes short, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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October Greenville County SC
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October Pickens County SC
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November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
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November Edgefield County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Nutlets 1.5-1.8 mm long, pubescent; pappus 2-3 mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm081102_166
November Edgefield County SC
Utility right-of-way