Solidago tortifolia Elliott
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems 3–13 dm from long creeping rhizomes, uniformly puberulent above the middle; lvs chiefly cauline, very numerous, sessile, linear to lance- linear or narrowly oblong, the larger ones 2.5–7 cm × 2–7(–10) mm, glabrous or ± scabrous on one or both surfaces, not prominently veined (but sometimes obscurely triple-nerved), usually at least some of the lower ones remotely serrulate; infl paniculiform, with recurved-secund branches; invol 2.5–3.5 mm, yellowish; rays 2–6, small; disk-fls 2–6; achenes short-hairy; 2n=18. Dry, usually sandy soil, often in pinelands; coastal plain from Va. to Fla. and Tex.
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Common Names
Leafy piney-woods goldenrod