Solidago tortifolia |
Solidago squarrosa |
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twist-leaf goldenrod |
squarrose goldenrod, stout goldenrod, verge d'or squarreuse |
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Habit | Plants 30–130 cm; caudices small, woody, rhizomes creeping, elongate. | Plants 30–150 cm; caudices branching. |
Stems | 1–10, ascending to erect, uniformly finely strigillose-villous distal to mid. |
1–5+, erect, glabrous proximal to arrays. |
Leaves | basal cauline nearly always withering well before flowering, linear-oblanceolate, smaller than proximal mid cauline, serrate; proximal persisting, sometimes brown-black after senescence, often twisted; proximal to distal numerous (100+ on tall stems), crowded, sessile, blades (bright green) linear to linear-lanceolate, 20–70 × 2–7(–10) mm, margins remotely serrulate (proximal) to entire or with 1–2 minute serrations (distal), obscurely 3-nerved, one or both faces glabrous or finely strigillose. |
basal and proximal cauline tapering quickly to long, winged ciliate-margined petioles, blades ovate, 50–200 × 20–100 mm, margins serrate; mid to distal cauline sessile, blades oblanceolate, 30–100 × 8–35 mm, reduced distally and becoming lanceolate-ovate, margins entire, abaxially sparsely strigose along nerves. |
Peduncles | 1–4 mm, finely strigilloso-villous; bracteoles 0–2, linear, grading into phyllaries. |
8–10 mm. |
Involucres | narrowly campanulate, 2.5–3.5 mm. |
5–9 mm. |
Ray florets | 2–8; laminae 1–2 × 0.25–0.5 mm. |
10–16; laminae 4–6.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm. |
Disc florets | 2–4(–6); corollas 2.3–3.5 mm, lobes 0.4–1 mm. |
15–30; corollas 5–5.6 mm, lobes 0.5–1.2 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 series, strongly unequal; outer ovate, acute, inner oblong, obtuse to rounded. |
(20–26) in 4–6 series, recurved, unequal, conspicuously spreading, lanceolate, margins ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, finely strigose. |
Heads | 100–300+, in short to elongate, pyramidal paniculiform arrays, branches recurved, secund. |
20–200, not secund, in narrow, elongate arrays of axillary and terminal racemiform clusters, branches and peduncles hairy, leafy-bracteate proximally. |
Cypselae | (narrowly obconic) 1 mm, strigillose; pappi 2–3 mm. |
(obconic) 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 3–4.3 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Solidago tortifolia |
Solidago squarrosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Nov (year-round). | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry, usually sandy soils, pinelands, embankments | Dry woods, fields and rocky slopes |
Elevation | 0–100+ m (0–300+ ft) | 0–1000+ m (0–3300+ ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; VA
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CT; DE; IN; KY; MA; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; VA; VT; WV; NB; ON; QC
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 158. | FNA vol. 20, p. 120. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Triplinerviae | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Solidago > sect. Solidago > subsect. Squarrosae |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Aster muehlenbergianus, S. squamosa, S. squarrosa var. ramosa | |
Name authority | Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 377. (1823) | Muhlenberg: Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept., 79. (1813) |
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