Biology:Solidago pulchra

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Solidago pulchra
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Solidago
Species:
S. pulchra
Binomial name
Solidago pulchra

Solidago pulchra, the Carolina goldenrod,[1] is a rare North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina in the southeastern United States.[2]

Solidago pulchra is a hairless perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, with a branched woody rootstock. One plant can produce as many as 50 flower in an elongated array. Ray flowers are yellow, 6-14 per head. Disc flowers number 12-30 per head. The species grows in moist, sandy depressions in pine woodlands.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Solidago pulchra". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SOPU3. Retrieved 19 November 2015. 
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Solidago pulchra Small, 1933. Carolina goldenrod

Wikidata ☰ Q15568024 entry




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