Solidago vaseyi A. Heller. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Argutae. Subsection: Argutae. Common name: Vasey’s Goldenrod. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Forests, woodlands, grassy balds. Distribution: W. MD (C. Frye, pers. comm., 2014) and WV west to c. TN and s. MO, south to ne. FL, Panhandle FL, s. MS, and c. AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Solidago georgiana Semple appears to us to represent a specimen of Solidago vaseyi with shorter basal branches in its capitulescence.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Semple et al (2021); = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. australis, nomen nudum; = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. caroliniana (A.Gray) G.H.Morton; = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. caroliniana (A.Gray) G.H.Morton var. caroliniana — FNA20; = Solidago arguta Aiton ssp. pseudoyadkinensis G.H.Morton; = Solidago arguta Aiton var. caroliniana A.Gray — Tn, Va, W, Johnson (1995); = Solidago pseudoyadkinensis, nomen nudum; = Solidago yadkinensis (Porter) Small — F, S, misapplied; < Solidago arguta Aiton — RAB, WV; < Solidago arguta Aiton var. caroliniana A.Gray — C, Fl7, SE1, WH3; > Solidago arguta Aiton var. caroliniana A.Gray — K4, POWO; > Solidago boottii Hook. var. caroliniana (A.Gray) Cronquist — G; > Solidago georgiana Semple — K4, POWO, Semple (2017a), Semple, Tong, & Chong (2017b); >< Solidago harrisii Steele — S, misapplied in part by Small (1933). Basionym: Solidago vaseyi A.Heller 1900 "Urbasionym:" Solidago arguta Aiton var. caroliniana A.Gray 1884
Links to other floras: = Solidago arguta ssp. caroliniana var. caroliniana - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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