Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago riddellii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron riddellii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oligoneuron riddellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago riddellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago riddellii
COMMON NAME:
Riddell's Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sori_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_riddellii_cropped
August
Larger leaves 0.4-1.6cm wide; leaves acuminate, often folded along the midvein, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_riddellii_cropped_2
September
Inflorescence corymbose (rounded), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_o_riddellii_cropped_3
September
Each head contains 7-9 ray florets and 6-10 disc florets, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago riddellii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oligoneuron riddellii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oligoneuron riddellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago riddellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Solidago riddellii
3741
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet, calcareous prairies, fens, calcareous swamps, calcareous seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves not 3-nerved
Leaves may be either basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger and petiolate) or chiefly on the stem
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering, but new rosettes often present)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in corymbose inflorescences
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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