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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago juncea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Stem leaves gradually become smaller up the stem, and often have small fascicles of leaves in their axils. Stems and leaves are glabrous (smooth, hairless) -- an important character. Members of the S. arguta group may be confused with Early Goldenrod, but var. arguta has broader, ovate basal leaves and var. caroliniana has a more open, long-branching inflorescence. S. pinetorum has much more slender leaves throughout the plant... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago juncea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago juncea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago juncea
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. juncea
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. neobohemica
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-016:
Solidago juncea FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago juncea
COMMON NAME:
Early Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_soju_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2572
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6052
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Middle and upper stem leaves smaller and less petiolate than basal and lower stem leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_solidago_juncea1
August Moore County NC
Inflorescence proximal branches spreading-recurved or widely ascending recurved (elmtree shaped), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7388
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stem leaves not 3-nerved, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7392
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200926_7450
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Basal leaves persistent but often withering at flowering time, per The Illustrated Flora of Illinois: Asteraceae, Part 1 (Mohlenbrock, 2015).
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9812
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9815
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm220909_9816
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5112
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Peduncles 1.5–6mm; bracteoles 0-2, linear. Phyllaries in 3-4 series, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5115
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence sometimes ±short-hirsute. Rays 7-12, minute; disk flowers 9-14, per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5115b
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5118
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems glabrous or nearly so. Petiole bases of basal and lower stem leaves not sheathing the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm231001_5753
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago juncea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago juncea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago juncea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago juncea
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. juncea
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago juncea var. neobohemica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-016:
Solidago juncea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago juncea
1423
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadbanks, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, rare in SC, uncommon elsewhere in GA & NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple, upper with axillary fascicles of reduced leaves
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in paniculiform inflorescences with heads secund on the branches
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p446
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p292
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p329
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p380
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p204
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