Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Harger's Canada Goldenrod is, in essence, a short version of Tall Goldenrod, seldom over 4 feet tall (vs. up to 6 feet). Read about other differences at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago canadensis
COMMON NAME:
Harger's Common Goldenrod, Harger's Canada Goldenrod
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_431
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago canadensis var. hargeri
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago canadensis var. canadensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago canadensis
1417
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Old fields, pastures, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & possibly South Carolina
Uncommon in NC Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 3-nerved
Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p174?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p448
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p267
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p328?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p205
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