Solidago stricta subsp. gracillima

(Torrey & A. Gray) Semple

Sida 20: 1615. 2003.

Endemic
Basionym: Solidago gracillima Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 215. 1842
Synonyms: Aster gracillimus (Torrey & A. Gray) Kuntze S. austrina Small S. perlonga Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 138. Mentioned on page 137.

Basal leaves sparsely to obviously serrate. Arrays sometimes with much elongate proximal arching branches. 2n = 18, 36.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Swamps, boggy depressions, and other moist places, blackish sandy muck, sometimes dry sandy soils, mostly inner coastal plain
Elevation: 20–300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

Subspecies gracillima occurs away from the coast to the edge of the piedmont and usually has arching proximal array branches, several of which can be greatly elongated. Some plants from Alabama, Georgia, and the Carolinas treated as Solidago austrina are included here, but may deserve recognition as a variety. Solidago perlonga appears to belong in this subspecies: its arrays would be very aberrant if included in the typical subspecies.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified.

not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
not secund +, paniculiform +  and elongate pyramidal-secund or thyrsiform-paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
(Torrey & A. Gray) Semple +
subsessile +  and winged-petiolate +
not persisting +
tapering +
Solidago gracillima +
compound +  and simple +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
obtuse;rounded +
rugulose +  and muricate +
elongate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +  and white +
ampliate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
compressed +, narrowly obconic +  and cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
20–300 m +
resinous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Swamps, boggy depressions, and other moist places, blackish sandy muck, sometimes dry sandy soils, mostly inner coastal plain +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
cone--shaped +, wand +  and club-shaped +
each +  and sessile +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
ascending +  and nearly appressed +
cauline +, proximal +  and distal +
lanceolate-oblong;linear +
reduced +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
erect;spreading +
triangular +  and narrowly lanceolate +
entire +  and serrate +
linear-lanceolate +  and oblong or ovate +
unequal +  and rarely subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not persisting +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
acute +  and rounded +
ovate-oblanceolate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
stoloniform +
strigillose +  and glabrous +
8 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
5 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
ascending +  and erect +
proximalmost +  and proximal +
1 +  and 5 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster gracillimus +, S. austrina +  and S. perlonga +
Solidago stricta subsp. gracillima +
Solidago stricta +
subspecies +
not persisting +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +