NameThatPlant.net: Solidago ulmifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Solidago at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Beck et al. (Are Palmer's Elm-Leaf Goldenrod and the Smooth Elm-Leaf Goldenrod Real?, 2021) studied the recognition of var. palmeri and var. ulmifolia and did not find a basis for recognition of two varieties; a controversial decision, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Solidago ulmifolia

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-028:

Solidago ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago ulmifolia

COMMON NAME:
Elmleaf Goldenrod

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Solidago ulmifolia

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago ulmifolia var. palmeri

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago ulmifolia var. ulmifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-028:
Solidago ulmifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago ulmifolia

1437

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests and woodlands, especially on mafic and calcareous substrates, moist hammocks (in FL), per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Leaves pinnately veined (not 3-nerved)

Leaves chiefly on the stem (basal & lower stem leaves either withering early or equal/smaller than middle & upper stem leaves)

Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in well-developed paniculiform inflorescences

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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