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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hackberry-leaf Goldenrod at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. celtidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. celtidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Solidago rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029b:
Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago celtidifolia
COMMON NAME:
Hackberry-leaf Goldenrod
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sodr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0070
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210603_0933
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1235
June Greenville County SC
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Herbage moderately to densely hairy, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210709_1941
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3541
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3541b
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Upper stem leaves ovate, much reduced relative to leaves lower on the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_srugosa_celtidifolia1
October Moore County NC
Flowers in terminal clusters, each cluster compact and usually with short branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_srugosa_celtidifolia2
October
Stems moderately hairy, upper stem often arching, branches few or none, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm211012_4238
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm211012_4243
October Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Stem leaves dark green, ovate, thick-textured with prominent veins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. celtidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Solidago rugosa var. aspera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera var. celtidifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Solidago rugosa ssp. aspera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Solidago rugosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-029b:
Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago celtidifolia
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Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pocosins, seepage slopes, bogs, wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
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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 (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
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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