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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Solidago curtisii var. curtisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)

Solidago caesia var. curtisii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-002:

Solidago curtisii var. curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Solidago curtisii var. pubens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago curtisii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Solidago pubens

 

COMMON NAME:
Curtis's Goldenrod


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image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_socu_001_lvd

        

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210824_2999

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

Keith Bradley    kab_s_curtisii_2946

August    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest

Heads in short axillary and terminal non-secund arrays, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscurtissii_whiteside1

August-September?    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Clusters of blooms emerge from leaf axils along top half of the erect stem, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmscurtissii_wsm3

August-September?    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140907_379b

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Ray florets 2-4(6), per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140907_380

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140907_382

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm140907_410c

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Peduncles 2-6 mm, moderately to densely finely strigose; bracteoles 0-3, per Flora of North America.

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm150927_174

September    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm150927_175b

September    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

Stem striate-angled, green [not glaucous], glabrous or sparsely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm150927_177

September    Henderson County    NC

Bearwallow Mountain

Leaves toothed, sessile, lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptical, tapering, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm210903_3257

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Stem erect & striate-angled (vs. arching, terete & ungrooved in S. caesia), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Solidago curtisii, Curtis's Goldenrod

JK Marlow    jkm201107_8131

November    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Solidago curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Solidago curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Goldenrods in Virginia: Euthamia and Solidago (Johnson, 1995)
Solidago caesia var. curtisii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-49-002:
Solidago curtisii var. curtisii   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Solidago curtisii var. pubens

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago curtisii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Solidago pubens

 

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1418

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forested slopes, and rarely in mafic woodlands in the Piedmont of VA, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Midstem leaves 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)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long and slender

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

Flower heads in axillary clusters, with well-developed leaves in at least the lower part of the inflorescence

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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