Solidago sphacelata

Solidago sphacelata
	1913 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. sphacelata
Binomial name
	Solidago sphacelata; Raf. 1820
Synonyms
	Brachychaeta cordata (Short & R.Peter) Torr. & A.Gray; Brachychaeta sphacelata (Raf.) Britton ex Kearney; Brachyris ovatifolia DC.; Solidago cordata Short & R. Peter;

Solidago sphacelata, commonly known as false goldenrod or autumn goldenrod,^[3] is a North American species of goldenrod in the sunflower family. It is native to the eastern United States from Virginia and the Carolinas west as far as Illinois and Mississippi.^[4]

Solidago sphacelata is a perennial herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall, with an underground caudex and rhizomes. One plant can produce as many as 250 small yellow flower heads in a large branching array at the top of the plant.^[3]

References

^ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 401.
^ The Plant List, Solidago sphacelata Raf.
^ ^a ^b Flora of North America, Solidago sphacelata Rafinesque, 1820. False or autumn goldenrod
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

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[1] USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 3: 401.

[2] The Plant List, Solidago sphacelata Raf.

[ff-3] Flora of North America, Solidago sphacelata Rafinesque, 1820. False or autumn goldenrod

[4] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

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