Solidago tortifolia Elliott

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Solidago tortifolia Elliott

  • 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.

  • Common Names

    Leafy piney-woods goldenrod