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


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago rigidiuscula

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

Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. rigidiuscula

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

Solidago rigidiuscula

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod


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image of Solidago rigidiuscula, Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sori4_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago rigidiuscula, Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_speciosa_rigidiuscu

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Heads not secund, in usually dense, sometimes open, elongate arrays, per Flora of North America.

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago rigidiuscula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. rigidiuscula

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3861

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: limestone barrens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved

Leaves may be either basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger and petiolate) or chiefly on the stem

Alternate (basal present or absent at flowering)

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

Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences or in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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