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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)

Solidago speciosa var. erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:

Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago erecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod


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image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_soer_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0294

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120825_993

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

A smooth plant with a narrow, often interrupted, terminal inflorescence, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

Keith Bradley    kab_solidago_erecta_10547

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

Keith Bradley    kab_solidago_erecta_10556

August    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

Solidago erecta is similar to smaller plants of S. speciosa, per Multivariate Studies of Solidago subsect. Squarrosae: the Solidago speciosa complex (Asteraceae) (Semple et al., 2017).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm120913_806

September    Greenville County    SC

Basal & proximal cauline lvs tapering to long winged petioles (quickly reduced, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm0410n_3435

October    Oconee County    SC

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_248

October    Greenville County    SC

Stems are glabrous from the base to near or into the inflorescence, per Asterae Lab: Classification and illustrations of goldenrods (J.C. Semple).

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_251

October    Greenville County    SC

Mid & distal cauline leaves sessile, blades linear-elliptic, margins entire, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm121004_254

October    Greenville County    SC

Basal & proximal cauline lvs broadly oblanceolate to obovate, margins serrate, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_030

October    Greenville County    SC

Heads clustered on short divergent lateral branches, not secund, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_030b

October    Greenville County    SC

Heads 1-10 per branch, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_030c

October    Greenville County    SC

Ray florets 5-9. Disc florets commonly 6-10, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_030d

October    Greenville County    SC

Phyllaries in 3-5 series, appressed, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_031033

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141004_036

October    Greenville County    SC

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm141023_252

October    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Goldenrod bunch galls?

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm151009_424

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm201002_7469

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4602

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4604

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4607

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4623

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4624

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4939

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4941

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago erecta, Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm211112_4943

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)
Solidago speciosa var. erecta

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-011:
Solidago erecta   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1419

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, old fields, woodland borders, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate

Alternate, often also basal

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

Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences which are often interrupted (heads on short divergent lateral branches)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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