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 spithamaea   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Solidago spithamaea

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Solidago spithamea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-007:

Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago spithamaea

 

COMMON NAME:
 Blue Ridge Goldenrod

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July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

Flower heads in compact corymbs; stem leaves > 1cm wide, upper not clasping, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Solidago spithamaea

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
 Solidago spithamea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-007:
 Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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1868

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: In crevices of sloping to nearly vertical outcrops of high elevation rocky summits on Grandfather Mountain, Hanging Rock Mountain, and Roan Mountain, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare (narrowly endemic to three mountains in NC-TN)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved
Alternate & basal

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

Flower heads in corymbose inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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