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Asteraceae
Solidago

not marked as a favorite taxon Solidago austrina Small. Common name: Piedmont Wand Goldenrod. Habitat: Piedmont prairie remnants, openings in xeric hardpan forests, upland depressions, clay roadbanks and powerline rights-of-way, post oak savannas, and open oak-hickory woodlands. Distribution: Sc. North Carolina south to Georgia, Panhandle Florida, and nw. Alabama, extending (as here interpreted) into Tennessee and Kentucky.

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Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Maritimae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The distinction between S. gracillima s.s. and S. austrina seems to be warranted; they are alleged to differ as follows: S. austrina: pappus 2.2-2.8 mm long, ray flowers 2-4, disc flowers 6-8; of the inner Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont; S. gracillima: pappus (3.0-) 3.5-4.0 mm long; ray flowers 3-7; disk flowers 9-13; of the Coastal Plain.

Synonymy ⓘ: = F, G, K4, NSProv, POWO, S, Tn; < Solidago gracillima Torrey & A. Gray — C, K1, RAB, SE1, W, WH3; < Solidago stricta W. Aiton ssp. gracillima (Torr. & A.Gray) Semple — FNA20. Basionym: Solidago austrina Small 1903

Links to other floras: < Solidago stricta ssp. gracillima - 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)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Solidago austrina© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Solidago austrina© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Solidago austrina© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Solidago austrina© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷

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