Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago austrocaroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago austrocaroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Solidago austrocaroliniana (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new species of subsect. Humiles from South Carolina (Semple & Nelson, 2018)
Solidago austrocaroliniana
COMMON NAME:
South Carolina Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago austrocaroliniana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago austrocaroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Solidago austrocaroliniana (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new species of subsect. Humiles from South Carolina (Semple & Nelson, 2018)
Solidago austrocaroliniana
4471
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist clay soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina
Rare
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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 & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
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