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 rigida   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum   FAMILY Asteraceae

(?) Weakley's Flora (2020)

Oligoneuron rigidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum

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

Solidago rigida ssp. rigida

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-033:

Solidago rigida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Solidago rigida var. rigida

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Solidago rigida

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago rigida var. grandiflorus

 

COMMON NAME:
 Midwestern Stiff Goldenrod, Hard-leaved Goldenrod, Midwestern Bold Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Goldenrod

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image of Solidago rigida, Midwestern Stiff Goldenrod, Hard-leaved Goldenrod, Midwestern Bold Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sori2_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum   FAMILY Asteraceae

(?) Weakley's Flora (2020)
 Oligoneuron rigidum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
 Solidago rigida ssp. rigida

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
 Oligoneuron rigidum var. rigidum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-033:
 Solidago rigida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Solidago rigida var. rigida

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Solidago rigida

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Solidago rigida var. grandiflorus

 

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1428

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Glades, barrens, and prairie-like areas, over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Basal leaves partially evergreen
Simple

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 corymbose inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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