Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Pineland Rayless-goldenrod - Bigelowia nudata   (Michaux) de Candolle
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Author(Michaux) de Candolle
DistributionCoastal Plain, including the Sandhills region; however, absent from the northern Coastal Plain. Recorded north only to Nash, Martin, and northern Dare counties.

Coastal Plain, NC to northern FL and southeastern LA.
AbundanceCommon in the Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) zones in the Coastal Plain, but mostly uncommon to infrequent elsewhere.
HabitatWet to moist Longleaf Pine--Wiregrass savannas and flatwoods, blackwater streamhead ecotones.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting August-October.
IdentificationRayless-goldenrods have a unique aspect: a basal rosette of lance-shaped leaves, several small and slender stem leaves, and a flat-topped, yellow inflorescence of skinny heads, each with only a few disk florets and no rays. In var. nudata, the basal leaf blades show a distinct taper or narrowing to the leaf stalks, whereas those of var. australis (reported erroneously in NC) are skinny throughout and show a very gradual narrowing from tip to base of the stalks.
Taxonomic CommentsIn older texts treated as Chondrophora nudata.

Other Common Name(s)Rayless Goldenrod
State RankS4
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B.A. SorrieSame data, Pender Co. PenderPhoto_natural
B.A. SorrieWet savanna, Holly Shelter Game Land. 1995. PenderPhoto_natural
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