Solidago salicina Elliott. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Argutae. Subsection: Patulae. Common name: Southern Roughleaf Goldenrod. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Streamhead pocosins, sandhill seepages, swamp edges, rarely inland in seepage over rock. Distribution: Primarily Coastal Plain: se. VA south to Panhandle FL, west to se. OK and e. TX, and somewhat disjunct in the Ozarks and Ouachitas of MO and AR, also rarely reaching the lower Piedmont; disjunct in w. SC in the uppermost Piedmont in the Blue Ridge Escarpment region.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Semple, Tong, & Pastolero (2012) have clarified the taxonomy, distribution, and nomenclature of this and S. patula.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, S, Tx, Semple et al (2021), Semple, Tong, & Pastolero (2012); = Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd. ssp. strictula (Torr. & A.Gray) Semple — Ar, FNA20, POWO, Semple (2003); = Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd. var. strictula Torr. & A.Gray — C, Fl7, G, NcTx, RAB, SE1, Va, WH3, Johnson (1995); < Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd. — GW2; > Solidago patula Muhl. ex Willd. var. strictula Torr. & A.Gray — F; > Solidago salicina Elliott — F; Solidago salicina Elliott. Basionym: Solidago salicina Elliott 1823
Links to other floras: = Solidago patula ssp. strictula - FNA20
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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