Solidago glomerata

Clustered Goldenrod

Solidago glomerata Michx. is the highest polyploid (2n=108, 2n=126) growing at the highest elevations in the southern Appalachian Mts. of North Carolina and Tennessee.  It has large heads for Solidago (Semple & Cook 2006 FNA).  Its big leaves and big heads make the plant showy. The cytovoucher for a report from South Carolina is for a specimen of S. faucibus (Weiboldt & Semple 2004; Cook & Semple 2008).

Solidago glomerata range Cook & Semple draft

Wieboldt, T.F. and J.C. Semple. 2003. Solidago faucibus (Asteraceae: Astereae), a new mesic forest goldenrod from the Appalachian Mountains. Sida 20: 1605–1616.

Last revised 10 April 2025 by J.C. Semple     

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Solidago glomerata, Clingman's Dome, North Carolina
Solidago glomerata, Roan Mt., North Carolina
Solidago glomerata, mid inflor Grandfather Mt. NC
Solidago glomerata, heads, Roan Mt., North Carolina

1-4. Solidago glomerata. 1. Large plant growing in cracks among rocks, Clingman's Dome, North Carolina. 2. Large plant, Semple & Suripto 9661, Roan Mt., Mitchell Co., North Carolina. 3. Inflorescence, Grandfather Mt., North Carolina. 4. Heads, S & Su 9661.