Solidago vaseyi (A. Gray) A. Heller. Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Argutae. Subsection: Argutae. Vasey’s Goldenrod. Phen: Sep-Oct. Hab: Forests, woodlands, grassy balds. Dist: 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 – K1, K3, 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; > Solidago boottii Hook. var. caroliniana (A.Gray) Cronquist – G; > Solidago georgiana Semple – K4, Semple (2017a), Semple, Tong, & Chong (2017b); >< Solidago harrisii Steele – S, misapplied in part by Small (1933)

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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