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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago plumosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Yadkin River Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago plumosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)
Solidago plumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago plumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago plumosa
COMMON NAME:
Yadkin River Goldenrod
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David Campbell mdc_solidago_plumosa_1
September Stanly County NC
Leaves basally disposed, the inflorescence branches not secund, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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David Campbell mdc_solidago_plumosa_2
September Stanly County NC
Basal leaf blades linear to elliptic-oblanceolate, tapering to petioles, per Flora of North America.
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David Campbell mdc_solidago_plumosa_3
September Stanly County NC
Flower heads in paniculiform arrays with ascending branches, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago plumosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago plumosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)
Solidago plumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago plumosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago plumosa
4172
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In crevices of outcrops in rocky, flood-scoured riverbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare (an endemic), known only from the gorge of the Yadkin River in c. NC
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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
Mostly basal, with some reduced alternate
Basal leaves have petioles; stem leaves may be sessile.
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 3-6 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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