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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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
Common Name: South Carolina Goldenrod
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago austrocaroliniana FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Moist clay soils
Rare
Native to South Carolina
Common Name: Kral's Goldenrod
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Solidago kralii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills
Rare
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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
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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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
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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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
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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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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
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
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
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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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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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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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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