Flora of North America species comparison

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Solidago rugosa var. aspera

Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia
Photo is of parent taxon

wrinkleleaf goldenrod
Photo is of parent taxon
Herbage

moderately to densely hairy.
Leaves

relatively thick and firm, strongly rugose-nerved, usually blunt-toothed to subentire, apices often acute, relatively short and stiff hairy.

Ray florets

5–8(–10)

Heads

in wide arrays, usually with elongate proximal branches greatly exceeding subtending leaves.
Distal

cauline leaf blades ovate, much reduced distally.
Rays

florets 5–9.
2n

= 18, 36.

Solidago rugosa var. aspera

Solidago rugosa var. celtidifolia
Phenology Flowering Sep–Nov.
Habitat Sandy and silty soils, fields, woods and wet ground, mostly outer coastal plain
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from USDA
e North America
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; OK; SC; TX; VA
Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 147. FNA vol. 20, p. 147.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Venosae > ser. Venosae > Solidago rugosa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Venosae > ser. Venosae > Solidago rugosa > Solidago rugosa subsp. rugosa
Sibling taxa
S. rugosa subsp. aspera, S. rugosa subsp. rugosa, S. rugosa var. celtidifolia, S. rugosa var. cronquistiana, S. rugosa var. rugosa, S. rugosa var. sphagnophila
S. rugosa subsp. aspera, S. rugosa subsp. rugosa, S. rugosa var. aspera, S. rugosa var. cronquistiana, S. rugosa var. rugosa, S. rugosa var. sphagnophila
Synonyms S. aspera S. celtidifolia
Name authority (Aiton) Cronquist: Rhodora 49: 78. (1947) (Small) Fernald: Rhodora 38: 223. (1936)
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