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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago spithamaea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago spithamaea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
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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JK Marlow jkm0407w_07
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 north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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
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
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in corymbose inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p111
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p205
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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