1433

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Look for it in pastures, forests, woodlands, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

 

...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal usually present at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in elongate non-secund inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p170?
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p175?
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p452?
• Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p090?
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p382?
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p203?

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Solidago speciosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago speciosa var. speciosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. speciosa

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-012:
Solidago speciosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago conferta

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Solidago harperi