OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bluestem Goldenrod, Axillary Goldenrod, Wreath Goldenrod, Bridal-wreath Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago caesia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago caesia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago caesia 179-49-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist forested slopes

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Goldenrod, Mountain Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago flaccidifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago flaccidifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago caesia 179-49-001?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Curtis's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago curtisii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago curtisii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago curtisii var. curtisii 179-49-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist forested slopes, and rarely in mafic woodlands in the Piedmont of VA

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Zigzag Goldenrod, Broadleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago flexicaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago flexicaulis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago flexicaulis 179-49-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist wooded slopes, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Downy Ragged Goldenrod, Downy Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago petiolaris var. petiolaris   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago petiolaris 179-49-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Upland forests and woodlands

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Buckley’s Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago buckleyi   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago buckleyi   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Forests, open ridgetop and bluff woodlands

Rare

Native to Alabama & possibly Georgia

 


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Common Name: Stout Goldenrod, Squarrose Goldenrod, Ragged Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago squarrosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago squarrosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago squarrosa 179-49-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Upland forests

Historically in NC, but not recently seen

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Skunk Goldenrod, Clustered Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago glomerata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago glomerata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago glomerata 179-49-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: High elevation situations, including grassy balds, rock outcrops, heath balds, northern hardwood forests, and spruce-fir forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ridge Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago spithamaea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago spithamaea 179-49-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: In crevices of sloping to nearly vertical outcrops of high elevation rocky summits on Grandfather Mountain, Hanging Rock Mountain, and Roan Mountain

Rare (narrowly endemic to three mountains in NC-TN)

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Silverrod, White Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago bicolor   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago bicolor   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago bicolor 179-49-008   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, roadbanks, pastures

Common in NC, rare in GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Hairy Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago hispida var. hispida   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solidago hispida var. hispida   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry rocky forests and woodland edges

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Downy Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago puberula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago puberula var. puberula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago puberula var. puberula 179-49-009a   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet meadows, and wet pastures, in dry acid soils in VA and WV

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Dusty Downy Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago pulverulenta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago puberula var. pulverulenta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago puberula var. pulverulenta 179-49-009b   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Savannas, streamhead pocosins, flatwoods, swamps, seepages in pinelands, and disturbed areas

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Roan Mountain Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago roanensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago roanensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago roanensis 179-49-010   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, roadbanks

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: South Carolina Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago austrocaroliniana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist clay soils

Rare

Native to South Carolina

 


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Common Name: Kral's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago kralii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Rare

 


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camera icon Common Name: Yadkin River Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago plumosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago plumosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: In crevices of outcrops in rocky, flood-scoured riverbanks

Rare (an endemic), known only from the gorge of the Yadkin River in c. NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Slender Goldenrod, Erect Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago erecta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago erecta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago erecta 179-49-011   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, old fields, woodland borders, grassy balds

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Porter's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago porteri   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago porteri   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Oak savannas, barrens, woodland edges (roadsides)

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Showy Goldenrod, Noble Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago speciosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago speciosa var. speciosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago speciosa 179-49-012   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Pastures, forests, woodlands, roadbanks

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Showy Goldenrod, Slender Showy Goldenrod, Stiff-leaved Showy Goldenrod, Prairie Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago rigidiuscula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago speciosa var. rigidiuscula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Limestone barrens

Rare

Native to Georgia & possibly the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Southern Wand Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago virgata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) PLANTS National Database: Solidago stricta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago stricta 179-49-013   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, Coastal Plain bogs, pocosins, marshes

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Goldenrod, Beautiful Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago pulchra   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago stricta 179-49-013?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepage bogs

Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Northern Seaside Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago sempervirens   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago sempervirens var. sempervirens   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago sempervirens 179-49-014   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Coastal dunes, dune slacks, maritime wet grasslands, tidal marshes

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Seaside Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago mexicana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago sempervirens var. mexicana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago sempervirens 179-49-014?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Coastal dunes, dune slacks, maritime wet grasslands, tidal marshes

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small's Goldenrod, Pineywoods Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago pinetorum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago pinetorum 179-49-015   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry woodlands, woodland borders, roadbanks, dry pinelands

Common in NC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Early Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago juncea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago juncea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago juncea 179-49-016   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Meadows, pastures, roadbanks, woodland borders

Common in NC Mountains, rare in SC, uncommon elsewhere in GA & NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Vasey's Goldenrod, Atlantic Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago vaseyi   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago arguta var. caroliniana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago arguta 179-49-017   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Forests, woodlands, grassy balds

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Forest Goldenrod, Sharp-leaved Goldenrod, Cutleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago arguta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago arguta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago arguta 179-49-017?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, woodland borders, road margins

Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere in NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Atlantic Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago tarda   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago arguta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago arguta 179-49-017?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry pinelands, xeric fluvial sand ridges, Piedmont barrens and rocky woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Boott's Goldenrod, Cutleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago boottii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago arguta var. boottii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago arguta 179-49-017?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry open woodlands, dry slopes, often in sandy or rocky soils

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Gorge Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago faucibus   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago faucibus   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests

Rare

Native to South Carolina

 


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Common Name: Southern Bog Goldenrod, Graceful Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago gracillima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago gracillima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago gracillima 179-49-018   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepage bogs

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Piedmont Wand Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago austrina   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago gracillima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago gracillima 179-49-018?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Piedmont prairie remnants, openings in xeric hardpan forests, upland depressions, clay roadbanks and powerline rights-of-way, post oak savannas, and open oak-hickory woodlands

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Pine Barren Bog Goldenrod, Northern Wand Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago stricta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago gracillima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago gracillima 179-49-018?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs and pine savannas

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Roughleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago patula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago patula var. patula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago patula var. patula 179-49-019a   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, seepages over mafic rocks, grassy balds (as Whitetop Mountain)

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Southern Roughleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago salicina   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago patula var. strictula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago patula var. strictula 179-49-019b   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Streamhead pocosins, sandhill seepages, swamp edges, rarely inland in seepage over rock

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Northern Bog Goldenrod, Swamp Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago uliginosa var. uliginosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago uliginosa var. uliginosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago uliginosa 179-49-020   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet meadows, mafic fens, acidic seepage swamps

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Narrowleaf Bog Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago uliginosa var. peracuta   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago uliginosa var. linoides   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs

Native

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Granite Dome Goldenrod, Cliffside Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago simulans   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago simulans   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago uliginosa 179-49-020??   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: In thin soil mats wetted by periodic seepage on granitic domes and lower elevation montane cedar hardwood woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Heartleaf Goldenrod, False Goldenrod, Limestone Goldenrod, Autumn Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago sphacelata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago sphacelata 179-49-021   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Rock outcrops and dry rocky forests, usually over calcareous or mafic rocks

Uncommon (rare in SC) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Eastern Gray Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago nemoralis var. nemoralis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago nemoralis 179-49-022   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Woodlands, glades, barrens, roadbanks

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Rough Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago radula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solidago radula var. radula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago radula 179-49-023   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous prairies, dry woodlands, bluffs, glades, and barrens over mafic or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Licorice Goldenrod, Sweet Goldenrod, Anise Goldenrod, Anise-scented Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago odora   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago odora var. odora   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago odora 179-49-024   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, especially in dry pinelands, such as sandhills, of the Coastal Plain, inland in dry, fire-maintained sites, such as glades, barrens, and ridgetop pine-oak woodlands

Common (uncommon in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Chapman's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago chapmanii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago odora var. chapmanii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry, open hammocks, pine rocklands

Rare in GA

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Twistleaf Goldenrod, Leafy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Leafy Pinelands Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago tortifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago tortifolia 179-49-025   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other dry pinelands

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pine Barren Goldenrod, Hairy Pineywoods Goldenrod, Shaggy Pineywoods Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago fistulosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago fistulosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago fistulosa 179-49-026   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins, swamp forests, wet pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, maritime forests

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Coastal Swamp Goldenrod, Elliott's goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago latissimifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago latissimifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago elliottii 179-49-027   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins, swamp forests, sandhill seepages, sandhill-pocosin ecotones

Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Elmleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago ulmifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago ulmifolia 179-49-028   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Rocky forests and woodlands, especially on mafic and calcareous substrates, moist hammocks (in FL)

Rare

Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Dixie Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago brachyphylla   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago brachyphylla   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands, bluff forests

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia & possibly North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Roughstem Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. rugosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago rugosa var. rugosa 179-49-029a   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Fields, forests, wetlands

Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago rugosa var. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago rugosa var. rugosa 179-49-029a?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Fields, forests, roadsides

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Cronquist's Wrinkleleaf Goldenrod, Cronquist's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago rugosa var. cronquistiana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago rugosa var. rugosa 179-49-029a?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: High elevation balds and forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Peat-loving Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago aestivalis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago rugosa ssp. rugosa var. sphagnophila   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago rugosa var. rugosa 179-49-029a?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Sandhill seeps, mountain bogs, other saturated and sphagnous habitats

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Drummond's Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago drummondii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Calcareous bluffs and ledges

Native: Midwest US

 


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Common Name: Eastern Missouri Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago missouriensis var. fasciculata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Prairies, barrens, woodlands, barrens, "Coosa prairies"

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hackberry-leaf Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia 179-49-029b   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins, seepage slopes, bogs, wetlands

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Tall Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod, Common Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago altissima var. altissima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago altissima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago altissima 179-49-030   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Tall Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago altissima var. pluricephala   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Solidago altissima   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Solidago altissima 179-49-030?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Canada Goldenrod

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Solidago canadensis var. canadensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Old fields, pastures, roadsides

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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