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Read more about Speckled Goldenrod 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 sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-021:
Solidago sphacelata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Brachychaeta sphacelata
COMMON NAME:
Speckled Goldenrod, False Goldenrod, Limestone Goldenrod, Autumn Goldenrod
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmssphacelata_0
October Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
The only Solidago of the southern mountains with cordate basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmssphacelat_2
Month Unknown
Leaves ovate, acute to acuminate, serrate, long-petiolate or the upper sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.