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| Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Gleason and Cronquist (1991) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Fernald (1950) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Gleason (1952) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Kartesz (1999) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa var. speciosa | Flora of Virginia | | | Solidago speciosa | < | Solidago speciosa | | | | Solidago speciosa | < | Solidago speciosa | Radford, Ahles, and Bell (1968) | | | Solidago speciosa | < | Solidago speciosa | Wofford (1989) | | | Solidago speciosa | < | Solidago speciosa | Flora of West Virginia | | | Solidago speciosa | > | Solidago conferta | Small (1933, 1938) | | | Solidago speciosa | > | Solidago harperi | Small (1933, 1938) | | | Solidago speciosa | = | Solidago speciosa ssp. speciosa var. speciosa | Flora of North America (1993b, 1997, 2000, 2002a, 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2007a, 2009, 2010) | | | Source: Weakley's Flora |
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| Author | Nuttall | |
| Distribution | Mountains and Piedmont; disjunct to Columbus County (Lake Waccamaw). A specimen from Onslow County (Hammocks Beach State Park, specimen at NCU) was checked in 2020 and proved not to be S. speciosa; however it could not be identified to another species with certainty. NOTE: specimens need to be checked vs. S. rigidiuscula.
NH to WI, south to GA, LA, and OK. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to infrequent across the Mountains and Piedmont, occasionally locally numerous. Populations seem to be sparsely distributed. This is a rare case where the editors feel the NCNHP State Rank is too liberal; their S5 should be moved to a less numerous S4, as there as only 31 counties with specimens, and about 5 (at a minimum) with sight records. | |
| Habitat | Dry to mesic soils of woodland and forest openings, fields, clearings, powerlines, roadsides. The original natural habitat(s) are not known with certainty; most populations tend to grow in "typical goldenrod habitats" of grassy/weedy forest edges and fields. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | Showy Goldenrod is a tall species, typically 3-6 feet, with a densely flowered, short-branched inflorescence that is elliptical to narrowly conical in outline. Stems and leaves are smooth, and the branches are generally short-hairy. Basal and lower stem leaves are short-stalked, elliptical, about 2 inches wide but can be 6-8 inches long, toothed (or not); stem leaves are gradually smaller, mainly sessile, and lack teeth. In the field this plant looks like S. erecta, but is taller, and has broader, more crowded, and showier inflorescences. When a stand is seen, in bloom, it is a quite spectacular sight, owing to the often impressive height of the plants and dense flower clusters. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Noble Goldenrod | |
| State Rank | S5 [S4] | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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