Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago glaberrima
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago missouriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago glaberrima
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Missouri Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sogl4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago glaberrima
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago missouriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago glaberrima
4646
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, barrens, woodlands, barrens, "Coosa prairies", per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 3-nerved
Leaves may be either basally disposed (basal & lower stem leaves larger and petiolate) or chiefly on the stem
Alternate
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
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