| Author | L. | |
| Distribution | Mountains, Piedmont, and northern half of the Coastal Plain. Absent from the Sandhills proper.
N.S. to Man, south to GA and LA. | |
| Abundance | Frequent to common in the Mountains and the northern 2/3 of the Piedmont. Fairly common in the northern half of the Coastal Plain. Absent in the Sandhills proper, the southern Coastal Plain, and a few SC border counties in the Piedmont. | |
| Habitat | Dry to mesic woodlands of various sorts, forest openings, trailsides, along logging roads, roadsides, and clearings, riverine bluffs and rocky slopes. Generally in partial sun/shade. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | White Goldenrod and White Prairie Goldenrod (S. ptarmicoides) are our only goldenrods with white ray florets. White Prairie Goldenrod has linear and untoothed leaves, whereas White Goldenrod has lance-shaped to elliptic and toothed leaves. Much more similar, when not in flower, is Slender Goldenrod (S. erecta), but it has smooth stems (vs. hairy at least basally in S. bicolor). This is a familiar plant to most biologists, and the creamy white to dull white (not bright white) flowering spike is quite distinctive. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Silverrod | |
| State Rank | S5 | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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