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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago gracillima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Southern Bog Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The distinction between S. gracillima s.s. and S. austrina seems to be warranted; differences include pappus length, number of ray and disc flowers, and range. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago gracillima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)
Solidago gracillima
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-018:
Solidago gracillima FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago gracillima
COMMON NAME:
Southern Bog Goldenrod, Graceful Goldenrod
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago gracillima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago gracillima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago gracillima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A multivariate study of the Solidago stricta complex (Semple et al., 2016b)
Solidago gracillima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-018:
Solidago gracillima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago gracillima
3165
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger, petiolate, & usually persistent); middle and upper stem leaves smaller & less petiolate
Basal & alternate, rapidly reduced and appressed to the stem upward
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 3-7 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in elongate cylindrical inflorescences or in paniculiform inflorescences with heads secund on the branches
FRUIT:
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p180
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p275
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p388
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p371
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p118
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