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Asteraceae
Solidago

not marked as a favorite taxon Solidago vaseyi A. Heller. Common name: Vasey’s Goldenrod. Phenology: Sep-Oct. Habitat: Forests, woodlands, grassy balds. Distribution: W. Maryland (C. Frye, pers. comm., 2014) and West Virginia west to c. Tennessee and s. Missouri, south to ne. Florida, Panhandle Florida, s. Mississippi, and c. Arkansas.

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Subgenus: Pleiactila. Section: Argutae. Subsection: Argutae.

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 W. Aiton ssp. australis, nomen nudum; = Solidago arguta W. Aiton ssp. caroliniana (A.Gray) G.H.Morton; = Solidago arguta W. Aiton ssp. caroliniana (A.Gray) G.H.Morton var. caroliniana — FNA20; = Solidago arguta W. Aiton ssp. pseudoyadkinensis G.H.Morton; = Solidago arguta W. Aiton var. caroliniana A. Gray — K1, NS, Tn, Va, W, Johnson (1995); = Solidago pseudoyadkinensis, nomen nudum; = Solidago yadkinensis (Porter) Small — F, S, misapplied; < Solidago arguta W. Aiton — RAB, WV; < Solidago arguta W. Aiton var. caroliniana A. Gray — C, Fl7, SE1, WH3; > Solidago arguta W. Aiton var. caroliniana A. Gray — K4, POWO; > Solidago boottii W.J. Hooker var. caroliniana (A.Gray) Cronquist — G; > Solidago georgiana Semple — K4, NS, 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 W. 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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