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 caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001:

Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Bluestem Goldenrod, Axillary Goldenrod, Wreath Goldenrod, Bridal-wreath Goldenrod

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-001:
 Solidago caesia   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

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1416

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forested slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)

Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
Leaves sessile
Margins of lower leaves serrate, upper leaves entire to slightly serrate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

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

Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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