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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Solidago sphacelata
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Nat.
|place=14. 1820
|year=1820
}}
|common_names=False or autumn goldenrod
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brachychaeta cordata
|authority=(Short & R. Peter) Torrey & A. Gray
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brachychaeta sphacelata
|authority=(Rafinesque) Britton
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Brachyris ovatifolia
|authority=de Candolle
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Solidago cordata
|authority=Short & R. Peter
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Solidago;Solidago sect. Solidago;Solidago subsect. Argutae;Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Brachychaeta;Solidago sphacelata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Solidago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Solidago sect. Solidago]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subsection</small>[[Solidago subsect. Argutae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Brachychaeta]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Solidago sphacelata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 106, 108
|treatment_page=page 135
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>50–120 cm; rhizomes short, caudexlike or somewhat elongate. <b>Stems</b> usually 1, ascending to erect or arching, densely spreading-puberulent to occasionally subglabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: basal (rosettes) present at flowering, conspicuously petiolate, petioles slightly winged distally, to 100 mm, blades cordate, 40–120 × 40–110 mm, margins coarsely sharp-serrate, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces moderately to densely spreading-puberulent, adaxial sparsely so or glabrate; mid and distal cauline progressively reduced, less petiolate, blades ovate to lanceolate, less cordate distally, 40–60 × 20–30 mm, margins finely serrate. <b>Heads</b> 50–250, densely crowded, often subglomerate, in secund paniculiform arrays, proximal branches few, widely spreading, secund, elongate, distal short, recurved. <b>Peduncles</b> 0–1 mm, sparsely hispido-strigose, bracteoles 1–4, lanceolate-ovate, grading into phyllaries. <b>Involucres</b> narrowly campanulate, 3–4.5 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 2–3 series, ovate, strongly unequal, outer somewhat keeled, firm, margins ciliate. <b>Ray</b> florets 3–6; laminae ca. 1 × 0.5–0.7 mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 3–6; corollas 2–2.5 mm, lobes 0.75–1.2 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1–2 mm, sparsely short-strigose; pappi ca. 0.5 mm (forming many-bristled crown on longer cypselae). <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Open woods and rocky places, especially in calcareous soil, mountains and adjacent eroded plateaus
|elevation=100–1000+ m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Miss.;N.C.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The vernacular name false goldenrod comes from the erroneous assignment of the species to the genus Brachychaeta rather than to <i>Solidago</i>, where it belongs.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Solidago sphacelata
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Brachychaeta cordata;Brachychaeta sphacelata;Brachyris ovatifolia;Solidago cordata
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Jul–)Aug–Sep(–Oct).
|habitat=Open woods and rocky places, especially in calcareous soil, mountains and adjacent eroded plateaus
|elevation=100–1000+ m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Miss.;N.C.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Nat.
|publication year=1820
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_284.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Solidago
|section=Solidago sect. Solidago
|subsection=Solidago subsect. Argutae
|series=Solidago (sect. Solidago) ser. Brachychaeta
|species=Solidago sphacelata
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