Solidago tortifolia

Elliott

Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 377. 1823.

Common names: Twist-leaf goldenrod
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 158. Mentioned on page 110, 150.

Plants 30–130 cm; caudices small, woody, rhizomes creeping, elongate. Stems 1–10, ascending to erect, uniformly finely strigillose-villous distal to mid. Leaves: basal cauline nearly always withering well before flowering, linear-oblanceolate, smaller than proximal mid cauline, serrate; proximal persisting, sometimes brown-black after senescence, often twisted; proximal to distal numerous (100+ on tall stems), crowded, sessile, blades (bright green) linear to linear-lanceolate, 20–70 × 2–7(–10) mm, margins remotely serrulate (proximal) to entire or with 1–2 minute serrations (distal), obscurely 3-nerved, one or both faces glabrous or finely strigillose. Heads 100–300+, in short to elongate, pyramidal paniculiform arrays, branches recurved, secund. Peduncles 1–4 mm, finely strigilloso-villous; bracteoles 0–2, linear, grading into phyllaries. Involucres narrowly campanulate, 2.5–3.5 mm. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, strongly unequal; outer ovate, acute, inner oblong, obtuse to rounded. Ray florets 2–8; laminae 1–2 × 0.25–0.5 mm. Disc florets 2–4(–6); corollas 2.3–3.5 mm, lobes 0.4–1 mm. Cypselae (narrowly obconic) 1 mm, strigillose; pappi 2–3 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Nov (year-round).
Habitat: Dry, usually sandy soils, pinelands, embankments
Elevation: 0–100+ m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Solidago tortifolia"
John C. Semple +  and Rachel E. Cook +
Elliott +
Triplinerviae +
Twist-leaf goldenrod +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–100+ m +
Dry, usually sandy soils, pinelands, embankments +
Flowering Aug–Nov (year-round). +
Sketch Bot. S. Carolina +
Altissimae +, Solidago subg. Brachyactis +, Solidago (sect. Undefined) ser. Paniculatae +, Serotinae +, Solidago subg. Triactis +  and Solidago (sect. Undefined) ser. Trinerves +
Solidago tortifolia +
Solidago subsect. Triplinerviae +
species +