OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-015:

Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago pinetorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod


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image of Solidago pinetorum, Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_solidago_pinetorum_1

August    Catawba County    NC

Upper stem leaves spreading or reflexed, w axillary fascicles of reduced lvs, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Solidago pinetorum, Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_solidago_pinetorum_2

August    Catawba County    NC

Often leaning or arching due to its weakly erect stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Solidago pinetorum, Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_solidago_pinetorum_3

August    Catawba County    NC

Superficially similar to S. odora but with large basal leaves, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-015:
Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pinetorum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1427

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, dry pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Common in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

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LEAVES:
Simple, with axillary fascicles of reduced leaves

Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate

Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in paniculiform inflorescences with heads secund on the branches

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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