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Solidago

not marked as a favorite taxon Solidago radula Nuttall. Common name: Rough Goldenrod. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: Calcareous prairies, dry woodlands, bluffs, glades, and barrens over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: Illinois west to Kansas, south to Louisiana and Texas; disjunct eastward in Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Reports from Alabama are misidentifications (E. Ungberg, pers.comm., 2025).

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Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Unilaterales. Subsection: Radulae.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: The species is diploid, 2n=18.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, FNA20, G, GrPl, K4, Mo2, NcTx, POWO, RAB, S, SE1, Tx, W, Semple (2023a), Semple, Kornobis, & Bzovsky (2018); > Solidago radula Nuttall var. laeta (Greene) Fernald — F, NS; > Solidago radula Nuttall var. radula — F, Il, K1, NS; > Solidago radula Nuttall var. stenolepis Fernald — F, Il, K1, NS. Basionym: Solidago radula Nuttall 1834

Links to other floras: = Solidago radula - FNA20

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Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Solidago radula© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Solidago radula© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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