3397

Forb
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare

Look for it in upland forests, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in narrow panicles

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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

• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p202

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Solidago squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-005:
Solidago squarrosa   FAMILY Asteraceae