Solidago verna

M. A. Curtis ex Torrey & A. Gray

Fl. N. Amer. 2: 205. 1842.

Common names: Spring-flowering goldenrod
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster vernus (M. A. Curtis ex Torrey & A. Gray) Kuntze
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 133. Mentioned on page 130.

Plants 50–120 cm; caudices branching, woody. Stems 1, ascending-erect, softly short villous. Leaves: basal and proximal cauline winged-petiolate petioles (petioles 1/2+ leaf length), blades broadly ovate (or subcordate) to elliptic, 50–100(–160) × 30–40 mm, margins shallowly serrate-crenate, apices acute to obtuse, soft short-villous; mid and distal cauline subpetiolate or sessile, blades ovate to elliptic, 20–40 × 5–15 mm, greatly reduced, becoming narrowly elliptic. Heads 50–100, in paniculiform arrays, proximal branches obscurely to evidently recurved-secund. Peduncles slender. Involucres campanulate, 4–5 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, broadly lanceolate, unequal, glabrate or sparsely short-strigose. Ray florets usually 7–12; laminae 3–6 × 1.5–2 mm. Disc florets usually 14–27; corolla tubes 4 mm, lobes 0.8–1 mm. Cypselae 1.5–2.5, sparsely strigose; pappi ± 3 mm (shorter than corollas). 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Open woods, fields, dry bogs, roadsides of coastal plain
Elevation: 10–70 m

Distribution

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N.C., S.C.

Discussion

Solidago verna is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
M. A. Curtis ex Torrey & A. Gray +
Argutae +
Spring-flowering goldenrod +
N.C. +  and S.C. +
10–70 m +
Open woods, fields, dry bogs, roadsides of coastal plain +
Flowering May–Jun. +
Fl. N. Amer. +
Aster vernus +
Solidago verna +
Solidago - sect. Solidago ser. Argutae +
species +